Memorials - Higher Walton - Methodist Church & Sunday School WW1 & WW2 Plaque

Trinity Methodist Church, Gregson Lane, Hoghton, PR5 0ED
Ordnance Survey Grid Reference 1 - SD 59413 26410 (Present Loc.)
Ordnance Survey Grid Reference 2 - SD 57829 27284 (Original Loc.)
IWM War Memorials Register - 42471
War Memorials Online - Not on site
The memorial is a framed brass plaque that now hangs at Trinity Methodist Church in Hoghton. While this location is not within the boundaries of South Ribble (the borough boundary runs alongside), the original location of the plaque was in the methodist church on Blackburn Road, Higher Walton. This memorial is in good order and is obviously looked after well by the staff at Trinity. 
​The memorial contains the names of 23 men who served and 7 who died 'THROUGH HONOUR'S GATE TO GLORY'.  There are the names of 10 men who died in the Second World War, one of whom died while a prisoner of war in the far east.  Audit made 4 February 2014.
HIGHER WALTON
METHODIST CHURCH
AND
SUNDAY SCHOOL
ROLL OF HONOUR
1914-1919
Column 1
PTE. H. GARDNER M.G.C.
SGT. W. IDDON R.E.
SGT. C. IDDON R.A.M.C.
CPL. C. INGHAM L.N.L.
PTE. E. MARGISON R.A.M.C.
DVR. J. SAUL R.E.
PTE. W. BENNETT R.A.M.C.
DVR. H. DOWNHAM R.F.A.
BOMB. H. MARGISON R.F.A.
L/CPL. A. TOMLINSON K.O.R.L.
PTE. F. LIVESEY R.A.M.C.
Column 2
PTE. G.L. BRIGGS L.N.L.
CPL. R. GREENWOOD R.G.A.
L/CPL. H. RICHMOND R.A.S.C.
PTE. E.G. THOMAS L.N.L.
GNR. F. MARGISON R.G.A.
PTE. F. I. TOMLINSON L.N.L.
GNR. H. WHITTLE R.G.A.
PTE. F. INGHAM R.W.F.
PTE. J. T. GREENWOOD R.M.
PTE. T. CORNALL R.A.S.C.
GNR. H. TOMLINSON R.G.A.
Centered below Col 1 and 2
A.C.I. A. RICHMOND R.A.F.
THROUGH HONOUR'S GATE TO GLORY
​PTE. F. N. BRIGGS K.O.R.L. KILLED IN ACTION
PTE. R. DIXON L.N.L. DIED IN FRANCE
PTE. J. C. RICHMOND L.F. KILLED IN ACTION
PTE. I. HARRSON R.A.S.C. KILLED IN ACTION
L/CPL. W. E. GARDNER K.R.R. KILLED IN ACTION
FLT. CADET S.R. IDDON R.A.F. KILLED IN FLYING ACCIDENT
CAPT. T. J. SHOVEL C.F. KILLED IN ACTION
1939-1945
Column 1
SGT. F. SHARROCK L.N.L.
GNR L CORNALL NO.1 COMMANDO
SGT. T. CORNALL GRENADIER GUARDS
Q.M.S. W. WHITTLE B.E.M. R.E.
Column 2
TPR. F. A. PROCTOR R.A.C.
TPR. R. C. WATERHOUSE R.E.
CPL. R. GREENWOOD R.E.M.E.
PTE. W. SIMMS R.E.
Centered below Col 1 and 2
SGT. T. BRIGGS R.A.O.C.
SIGNALMAN R. EDMONDSON R.C.O.S.
DIED IN JAPANESE HANDS
Image © Charles O'Donnell 2018
Charles O'Donnell
Please email the project with any amendments or corrections 
Edited 15 March 2016
Thank you to Jenny Tillotson and her friends and colleagues at Trinity Methodist Church.
Preston & Central Lancashire WFA
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The WFA was formed in 1980 to maintain interest in the First World War (1914-1918). We work to perpetuate the memory, courage and comradeship of all, from all sides, on all Fronts: on land, at sea, in the air and on the Home Front. The WFA is non-political and does not seek to glorify war.