Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Wigan
- Town
- Wigan
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
Date: 27 February 1921
Attended by: Coun. and Mrs E Yates (Mayor and Mayoress), Rev Owen Davies (Pastor), Rev G Evans Wason (Preacher), Mrs Ashurst (Wreath layer)
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 84715
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- Previous locations
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Gilded Methodist Church
Buckley Street
Wigan
Wigan
Greater Manchester
WN6 7HE
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 57591 06843
Denomination: Undefined
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- Description
- An illuminated list of the 45 names of those from the church who served in the forces in the Great War, including the six who fell. (See WMR 84712)
- Inscription
- Unknown, apart from the names
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alstead, J
Ashton, R
Ashton, W
Ault, C
Ault, J
Bisby, G
Blundell, Gc
Bullock, A
Bullock, J
Butterfield, A
See details for all 39 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 45
Served and returned: 39
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initial(s), surname
Order of information: Initial(s), surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- The report in the Wigan Observer for 1 March 1921 of the unveiling ceremony
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