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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- St Helens
- Town
- Peasley Cross
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 53089
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Current location
PEASLEY CROSS UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
Beaufort St
Peasley Cross
St Helens
Merseyside
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 523 943
Denomination: United Reformed
- Previous locations
- CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
- Description
- LARGE BLACK GLASS PLAQUE WITH GOLD COLOURED INSCRIPTION MOUNTED TO WALL AND SMALL INDIVIDUAL WOODEN BOARD ATTACHED UNDERNEATH A GREEN AND RED WREATH PAINTED ON GLASS PLAQUE EACH SIDE OF THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO DIED
- Inscription
- TOP SECTION: PEASLEY CROSS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH/ (NAMES)/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ THEIR NAME LIVETH UNTO ALL GENERATIONS BELOW: (NAMES)/ REV. WILLIAM HUNT/ MINISTER 1906-1918./ IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS CHURCH WHO SERVED IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ REV. NORMAN GRAVES/ MINISTER/ TO FIGHT FOR FREEDOM IS TO FIGHT FOR CHRIST. BOARD ATTACHED UNDERNEATH: D. KAY/ 1939-1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Blake, S
Brockley, T
Brotherton, E
Brown, R
Bullough, S
Davenport, P
Evans, F
Fairclough, A
Fairclough, E
Fairclough, F
See details for all 67 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 74
Served and returned: 65
Died: 9
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Glass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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