Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wigan
- Town
- Ashton In Makerfield
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 62488
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Current location
At the back of the main assembly hall
Byrchall High School
Warrington Road
Ashton In Makerfield
Wigan
Greater Manchester
WA12 0JQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 57580 98486
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Ashton in Makerfield Grammar School
Warrington Rd
Ashton In Makerfield
Wigan
Greater Manchester
WA12 0JQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 57580 98486
Denomination: Undefined
- Ashton in Makerfield Grammar School
- Description
- Two white marble tablets with gilded incised inscriptions.
- Inscription
- Tablet 1: PRO PATRIA 1914-19/ KILLED IN ACTION/ (Names)/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" Tablet 2: PRO PATRIA 1914-19/ KILLED IN ACTION/ (Names)/ DIED/ (Names)/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alker, Arthur W
Anderton, W Neville
Ashall, Francis
Barton, Henry F
Barton, Thomas L
Cansdale, Lionel H
Davies, Herbert H
Ellison, Reginald
Farrimond, Harry C
Greenhalgh, James A
See details for all 28 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 28
Served and returned: 0
Died: 28
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, manner of death
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- Tablets
- 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
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