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Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
St Helens
Town
Newton-le-Willows
County
Merseyside
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Opened
    Date: 07/11/2015
    Attended by: The team who compiled the Trail, and the Press
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
85108

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Current location

The Trail can be viewed whenever the Hub is open to the public or by telephoning 01925 271512 to make an appointment.
Wargrave Community Hub
143 Alder Street
Newton-le-Willows
St Helens
Merseyside
WA12 8HR
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 58621 95098
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Chapel
    Newton-le-Willows (Wargrave) Cemetery
    Park Road South
    Newton-le-Willows
    St Helens
    Merseyside
    WA12 8PH
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SJ 58841 94615
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
The names of the 280 men of Newton-in-Makerfield who fell in the Great War are displayed on a small Royal British Legion wooden cross, with the date of their death. These are mounted in date-of-death order on a series of 21 boards ranged around three walls of the chapel in Newton-le-Willows (Wargrave) Cemetery. Where available photographs are displayed alongside the cross. A board at the end of the display carries details of the deaths of some of the men. In September 2019, to commemorate the beginning of WW2, the exhibition was extended along the East wall of the chapel by the addition of a similar display for those killed in that conflict. Included in the additional panels are details of the town's WW1 VC, and information about the CWGC graves in the cemetery.
Inscription
On a board outside the chapel - displayed during opening hours only - Lest we Forget/ Sponsored by St Helens Council On each of the 21 display panels inside the chapel: Year/ Poppy Trail/ Researched, Compiled, Displayed/ Solely by/ Neil Foresaw/ Marian Cropper, Margaret Howlett/ Newton Library History Group
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 280
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 280
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Names, date of death
    Order of information: Date of death above Christian name and surname
Listing information
Condition
History
The display is on view for an indefinite period, the future of the chapel building being unknown at present.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Other
Details: Members of Newton-le-Willows Library History Group conceived the Trail, researched, and installed it.
Responsibility
St Helens Council
Reference
  • Report of the inauguration of the display in the St Helens Star of 13 March 2016

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