Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Hall / Institute
- District
- Chorley
- Town
- Chorley
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 54811
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Current location
The tablet is on the left inside the entrance porch
St Joseph's Parish Centre
Harpers La
Chorley
Chorley
Lancashire
PR6 0HR
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 58998 18555
Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description
- Club for the members of St Joseph's Roman Catholic Parish. Associated triangular-headed marble tablet on wooden backboard mounted on the wall. Incised gold lettering, names in two columns.
- Inscription
- This Club was/ erected to the/ Memory/ of the men of this Parish/ who laid down their lives in the/ Great War 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ May they rest in peace.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baldwin, G
Bamber, W
Baxendale, J
Brennan, P
Brindle, F
Brindle, W
Catterall, L
Cavanagh, F
Cocker, Edm.
Cocker, Edw.
See details for all 49 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 49
Served and returned: 0
Died: 49
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initial, Surname
Order of information: Initial, Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Hall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brick - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Backboard
Measurements: height 1100mm, width 690mm
Materials: Wood
- Hall
- 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
- St Joseph's Parish
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