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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Wall
- District
- Chorley
- Town
- Chorley
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- 20th Century Wars (1900-1999)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1974
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 54804
Current location
At the top of the drive
to the left of the car park
St Gregory's Church
Junction of Weldbank
Carr
and Burgh Lanes
Chorley
Chorley
Lancashire
PR7 3NW
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 58375 16041
Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description
- Stone wall with elevated centre part on top of which stands a small stone cross. Above the dedication is a decorative roundel in red and white. Below the dedication is a mosaic of St Gregory. This is flanked by two lists of names. The inscriptions are incised, and painted black.
- Inscription
- Erected in the Centenary Year 1974/ In Memory of/ the Men of/ the men of St Gregory's Parish who lost their lives/ in the 1914 and 1939 Wars/ May they Rest in Peace / (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anglezarke, R
Armstrong, H
Arrowsmith Pickervance, J
Barton, J
Bromley, D
Carter, R
Cooper, R
Dickinson, J
Dickinson, John
Donohue, J
See details for all 56 names - Commemorations
- 20th Century Wars (1900-1999)
Total names on memorial: 56
Served and returned: 0
Died: 56
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initial(s), surname
Order of information: Initial(s), surname
- 20th Century Wars (1900-1999)
- Components
- Wall
Measurements: height 2000mm, width 2500mm
Materials: Stone - Mosaic
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Wall
- 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 - Responsibility
- The Parish
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