Memorial details

Memorial type
Photograph
District
Chorley
Town
Chorley
County
Lancashire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
54808

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Current location

On landing leading from the schoolrooms to the church gallery
Chorley United Reformed Church
Hollinshead Street
Chorley
Chorley
Lancashire
PR6 1EP
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 58493 17857
Denomination: United Reformed

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Description
Wall mounted framed and glazed photographic tribute. The photographs and the dedication, which is in the lower centre of the frame, are double-mounted, with the names printed beneath each one. There is a further dedication printed at the bottom.
Inscription
The Names are printed beneath each photographic portrait. Hollinshead Street/ Congregational Church and Sunday School/ A Tribute of Remembrance/ From the Young Men's Bible Class/ of those who lost their lives in the Service of their/ Country in the Great War 1914-1918./ "Greater Love hath no Man than this."
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ainsworth, Eli
Aspden, Albert
Blakeley, Wass
Brindle, John Lawrence
Clemmy, John
Clubb, Wm.
Morgan, John Egan
Read, John
See details for all 8 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 8
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 8
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, Christian names, surname
    Order of information: Rank, Christian names, surname
Components
  • Roll of honour
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
  • Photograph/s
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
  • Frame
    Measurements: height c 750mm, width c 500mm
    Materials: Wood, Glass
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
The Church Trustees

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