Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Bolton
- Town
- Astley Bridge
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 63976
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Current location
Holy Infant and St Anthony Church
Baxendale Street
Astley Bridge
Bolton
Greater Manchester
BL1 6QH
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 71199 11848
Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description
- Oak board with rectangular pediment, plain cornice and stepped moulding bracket. The central area of the board is surrounded by a rectangular frame and is divided into a blind, trefoil-headed light surmounted by two triangular blind tracery lights. The date inscription is painted in gold onto the cornice. The list of names is painted onto the blind light and is surmounted by a maltese cross.
- Inscription
- 1939-1945/ (Names)/ 1917/ (Name)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Banks, Michael
Birtwistle, Robert
Brady, Edmund
Cloynes, Albert
Dillon, Joseph
Douglas, Stanislaus
Fallows, John
Ford, Michael
Jones, William Ernest
O'connor, Joseph
See details for all 16 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 15
Served and returned: 0
Died: 15
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Board
- 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 - Reference
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