Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Other structure
- District
- Wigan
- Town
- Ashton In Makerfield
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 86240
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Current location
On the wall on the right as you go into the tea-room of the chapel
Park Lane Unitarian Chapel
Wigan Road
Ashton In Makerfield
Wigan
Greater Manchester
WN4 0BY
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 56870 01659
Denomination: Unitarian
- Description
- An extension to the existing School rooms, with a marble tablet inscribed with the names of the fallen on an inside wall, with a framed interpretative sheet regarding this and the other Memorials in the Chapel on the wall nearby. The tablet is rectangular with a segmental top, the ends of which are terminated by rising corners in each of which a which a flower is carved. The lettering is incised, in black, with rubricated initial letters.
- Inscription
- In Memoriam/ Names
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bradshaw, William E
Brimelow, John
Darbyshire, William
Derbyshire, Seymour
Fletcher, Harry
Hughes, James E
Lomax, James
Melling, Henry
Murphy, William
Yarwood, William
See details for all 10 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Christian Name, Surname
Order of information: Christian Name, Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Room
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brick and other construction materials - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- Room
- 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
- The Chapel Trustees
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