Memorials - Leyland - St.Ambrose C.E. WW1 Cross
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St. Ambrose C.E. Church, Moss Lane, Leyland PR25 4XA Ordnance Survey Grid Reference - SD 54981 22662 IWM War Memorials Register - 42637 War Memorials Online - WMO190134 The memorial was first mentioned in the newspaper article reproduced below. The number mentioned who made the supreme sacrifice is incorrect and may relate to a greater area or include those who served.
The memorial consists of a central wheel cross by the roadside, surrounded on three sides by a wall. The main inscription on the cross is embossed. The cross sits on an octagonal dais. There is a stone bench either side of the cross built into the wall. To the rear of the cross stand 12 slate panels. These contain 476 names in total, 389 of those who served and 87 who fell. The fallen men are denoted by an incised cross to the left of their names.
The memorial has been vandalised at least twice. In 1998 the cross was damaged and repaired the following year. It was reported on 7 September 2011 that the memorial had been vandalised by persons unknown by the spraying of graffiti and initials or 'tags'. The memorial was cleaned up by the perpetrators in an example of restorative justice after they were caught bragging about their deeds. NB: This page originally stated that a group of volunteers cleaned up the memorial after it had been vandalised. It has since been brought to my attention that the youths themselves were made to clean this up. Thanks to Andy.
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St.Ambrose C.E. WW1 Cross
Image © Charles O'Donnell 2018 All images © Charles O'Donnell 2018
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REMEMBER
ALL YE THAT PASS BY
THE MEN
WHO FOUGHT AND
DIED
IN THE
GREAT WAR
1914-1919
"THEIR NAME
LIVETH FOR
EVERMORE."
ALL YE THAT PASS BY
THE MEN
WHO FOUGHT AND
DIED
IN THE
GREAT WAR
1914-1919
"THEIR NAME
LIVETH FOR
EVERMORE."
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Panel 1 - 39 names, 29 who served and 10 with crosses denoting fallen men.
+ ALLISON N. APPLEBY E. + APPLEBY F. APPLEBY J. ASHCROFT J. ASHTON, J. ASHTON P. AYRTON R, + BALDWIN F. + BALL G. BAMBER J. BANISTER A. BANISTER E. BANISTER E. BANISTER J. BANISTER R. BANISTER R. BANISTER T. + BARKER E. BARKER F. BARKER W. BARKER W. BARNES A. + BARNES J. BARNES J. BARNES J. BARNES J. BARNES R. H. BARNES T. W. BARRIT J. BAYNES J. + BEARDSWORTH J. + BEARDSWORTH R. BEESLEY A. E. BEESLEY F. + BEESLEY R. H. BELL J. BELL J. + BELL R. |
Panel 2 - 39 names, 31 who served and 8 with crosses denoting fallen men.
BENNETT A. + BENNETT H. BENNETT J. BENNETT J. BENNETT J.W BENNETT J.W BENNETT T. BENNETT T. BENNETT W. BENSON S.T. BERKLEY G. + BERRY W.J. + BIBBY C BLACKBURN F. BLACKHURST H. BLACKHURST J.F. BLACKHURST T.W BLACKLEDGE T. BLAIR P. BLUNDELL E. + BLUNDELL F. BLUNDELL G. BLUNDELL J. + BOLTON F. BOLTON T. BOWLING J.W. BRADLEY D. BRADLEY J. BRAILSFORD H. BRAILSFORD J. BRAILSFORD R. BRAILSFORD R. BRAITHWAITE F.T BRAITHWAITE J. + BRAITHWAITE R. BRETHERTON F. + BRETHERTON J. BRETHERTON R. + BRINDLE A. |
Panel 3 - 40 names, 35 who served and 5 with crosses denoting fallen men.
BRINDLE F. BRINDLE J.T. BRINDLE W. BURGESS J. BURNS J. BUSH G. BUSH H. BUSH W. BUTCHER B. BUTLER W. CALVERT E. CALVERT J. CAMERON R. + CAMPBELL J. CAMPBELL J. CAMPBELL T. CAMPBELL W. + CARLINE E. CARLTON H. + CARLTON W. CARR A. CARR H. CARR S. CARTER W. CATTERALL E. CATTERALL J. CATTERALL J. CATTERALL W. CAUNCE J. CAUNCE J. CHADWICK F. + CHAMBERLAIN A. CHAMBERLAIN A. CHAMBERLAIN C. CHAMBERLAIN R. + CHAPMAN J. CHARNOCK J. CLARKE J. CLITHEROE A. CROFT W. |
Panel 4 - 39 names, 32 who served and 7 with crosses denoting fallen men.
CLITHEROE A.E. CLITHEROE F. + CLITHEROE J. + CLITHEROE S. COATS H. COATS J. COBHAM H. COCKER A. COCKER F. COCKER W. COCKER W. + COLLINGE C. COLLINGE J. + COLLINGE W. COOK A. COOK F. COOK J. COOK R. + COOK W. COOPER J.R. + COTTAM R. COULTON E. COULTON H. COULTON J. COULTON J. COULTON J. COULTON J. CRAWFORD H. CROOK A. CROOK F. CROFT T. CUNLIFFE G. DANSON J. DAWBER B. DAWBER F. DAWBER J. DAWBER J.T. + DAWBER W. DAWBER W. |
Panel 5 - 40 names, 30 who served and 10 with crosses denoting fallen men.
DAWSON H. DAWSON J. + DEWHURST H. DOBSON J.R. DOBSON W. EASTHAM S. + EAVES W. ECCLESTON A. ECCLESTON W. EDMONDSON F. EDMONDSON H. EDMONDSON J. EDMONDSON J. EDMONDSON R. EDMONDSON T. EDWARDS F. EUXTON N. + FAIRCLOUGH F. FAIRCLOUGH J. FAIRCLOUGH R. + FALLOWS J.A. FERNLEY A. + FERNLEY E. FERNLEY F.A. + FIDLER W. + FINCH J. + FINCH T. FINCH W. FORSHAW H. GABBOTT G. GABBOTT T. GARDNER F. GARNER H. GARNER J.R. GARNER T.R. GILL J. + GILLETT C. + GILLETT H. GLOVER H. FAZACKERLEY T. |
Panel 6 - 40 names, 34 who served and 6 with crosses denoting fallen men.
GLOVER J. GLOVER R. + GLOVER T.F. GOLD A. + GRAY J.B. + GRAY R. GREGSON N. GREGSON R.E. GREGSON T. GREGSON W. GREGSON W. GREGSON W.H. HARGREAVES F. HARGREAVES H. HARLING A. HARRISON E. HARRISON F. HARRISON J. HARRISON J. HARRISON T. HARRISON W. HART A. HART P. HARVEY J. HASELDEN C.F. + HATTON A. HAYDOCK O. HAYDOCK T. HAYDOCK T. HAYDOCK T.W. HAYHURST R. + HEWITSON G. HEYES G. + HEYES H. HEYES I. HEYES J. HEYES J. HEYES T. HEYES W. FORSHAW R. |
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Panel 7 - 40 names, 29 who served and 11 with crosses denoting fallen men.
HEYWOOD F. HEYWOOD J. + HEYWOOD R. HIGGINSON J. + HIGHAM J. HIGHAM J. HIGHAM R. + HIGHAM T. HIGHAM T. + HIGHAM W.J. HODSON G.W. HODSON R. HOLDEN A. HOLDEN F. HOLLINHURST J.L. + HOLMES A. HOLMES A. HOLMES D. HOLMES F. HOLMES F. HOLMES H. + HOLMES R. HOLMES R. HOLMES R. + HORNBY H. HOUGHTON J. HOUGHTON S. + HULL G. + HULL J. + HULL R. HULL T. HUNTER E. HUXLEY W. IDDON A. IDDON H. IDDON W. JACKSON J. JACKSON W. JOHNSON H. + LINDLEY T. |
Panel 8 - 40 names, 34 who served and 6 with crosses denoting fallen men.
JONES J. + JOYCE J. KAY J. KELLY J. KIFF H. KIRBY J. KNOWLES F. LAMBERT A. LANCASTER E. LANCASTER J. + LANCASTER T. LANE H. LANE W. LEE J. LUCAS J. McDADE F. McDADE H. McDADE J. MAC.IVER W. McNULTY T. MALLEY J. MARGERISON F. MARSDEN J. + MARSDEN W. MARSDEN W. MARSHALL F. MARSHALL H. MARSHALL T. MARSON H. MARSTON A. + MARSTON C. MARSTON J. MARSTON R. + MARSTON S. MILLER H. MILLER J. MOORE J.E. MORLEY R. + MORRIS H. MEADOWS S. |
Panel 9 - 40 names, 33 who served and 7 with crosses denoting fallen men.
+ MORRIS T. MOSS R. NELSON H.A. NELSON J. NELSON R. NELSON J.E. NELSON W. NICHOLAS W. NORRIS F. NORRIS G. NORRIS H. NORRIS J. NORRIS W. OXENDALE A. + OXENDALE R. PARKER C. PARKER G. PARKER P. + PEMBERTON T. PICKERING J. PINDER H. PINDER J.W. POTTER M. + POTTER T. PRESCOTT A. PRESCOTT A. PRESCOTT A. PRESCOTT J. PRESTON J. + PRESTON W.C.N. PRINCE T. PYE A. + PYE J.E. REED B. RENWICK J.E. + REYNOLDS F. RIMMER J.H. ROONEY R. ROWLAND M. PEMBERTON W. |
Panel 10 - 40 names, 36 who served and 4 with crosses denoting fallen men.
RYDING F. RYDING F. RYDING H. + RYDING P. RYDING P. RYDING T. SANDERSON A.C. SANKEY H. SEED B. SEED J. SHARROCK E. SHARROCK J. SHARROCK T. SHERWIN F. SHERWIN J. SHORROCK A. SIDGREAVES E. SILCOCK A. SIMMONDS J. + SIMPSON J.W. SINGLETON R. SINGLETON T. SINGLETON T. SINGLETON W. SLATER H. + SMALLEY H. SMITH A. SMITH F. SMITH F. SMITH H. SMITH W. + SOUTHWORTH H. STANDING B. STANDING P. STAZICKER R. STEWART R. STRINGFELLOW W. SUMNER D. SUMNER E.B. RIDING A. |
Panel 11 - 40 names, 35 who served and 5 with crosses denoting fallen men.
SUMNER F.E. SUMNER H. SUMNER M. SUMNER R.M. + SWALES J. SWALES S. SWARBRICK H. + SWARBRICK J.B. SWIFT J. SWIFT J.J. TATTERSALL H. TATTERSALL R. TATTERSALL S. TAYLOR J. TAYLOR S. TAYLOR W. THOMPSON H. THOMPSON J. THRELFALL F. THRELFALL F. THRELFALL J.R. TIMPERLEY P. TOACH I. TOACH T. TRAVERS T. TURNER H. + TURNER R. TURTLE R. VICKERS J. WADGE A. WADGE A.E. + WADGE G.E. + WAREING C. WAREING N. WASTALL A. WASTALL T. WATERHOUSE P. WATSON C. WATSON P. SMITH J. |
Panel 12 - 39 names, 31 who served and 8 with crosses denoting fallen men.
WEBSTER A. WEBSTER F. WEBSTER G. WEBSTER H. WEBSTER H. WHALLEY C. WHITEHEAD L. WHITNEY H. WHITNEY J. + WIGGANS W. WIGGANS W. WILCOCK J. WILDING J. WILDING J. WILDING P. WILDMAN A. WILDMAN D. + WILDMAN J. WILDMAN R.W. WILKINS T. WILLIAMS L. WILSON F. WILSON G. WILSON J. WILSON J. + WILSON R. + WILSON T. + WOODHOUSE C. WOODHOUSE R. + WOODS J.H. YATES F. YATES J. + YATES R. + YATES S. YATES W. YATES W. WILLACY R. WATKINSON W. OXENDALE C. |