Memorials - Lostock Hall - Methodist Chapel WW1 Obelisk
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Brownedge Road, Lostock Hall PR5 5AA Ordnance Survey Grid Reference 1 - SD 54396 25814 (Present Loc.) Ordnance Survey Grid Reference 2 - SD 54866 25245 (Original Loc.) IWM War Memorials Register - 42669 War Memorials Online - Not on site The memorial was originally sited on the forecourt of the the Methodist Chapel on Watkin Lane and was moved after the church closed. In around 1998 or 1999 some alterations were made to the forecourt of the church to allow disabled access and the memorial was moved to the north east corner of the property. A new location was sought after the chapel was vacated and put up for sale. A plot was already in existence on Brownedge Road close to the junction with Watkin Lane which already had a memorial cairn erected in 1995, to celebrate 50 years of peace since the end of World War 2. It was re-dedicated on Sunday October 21st 2012.
The memorial is unusual in that in addition to the soldiers who served and who fell, it also lists two nurses who served during the war. The memorial is inscribed on three faces. Names below are presented as they are inscribed and may not be in alphabetical order. There are 11 names of men who died on the front face. There are 34 names of men who served on the right face. There are 32 names of men and 2 of women who served on the left face. |
All images © Charles O'Donnell 2018
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Front face:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 CHARLES NUTTER WILLIAM GOODBURN THOMAS SANDERSON WILLIAM DURHAM SYDNEY MILL HENRY PARKINSON HENRY SWINDLEHURST FRED DURHAM CHARLES RATCLIFFE JOHN BIBBY ALBERT SLATER |
Right face:
THOSE WHO SERVED HUGH ABRAM. WILLIAM BANNISTER. WILLIAM BAXTER. JOHN BEATSON. WILLIAM BORWICH. JAMES BRADLEY. HARRY BULLEN. ARTHUR BURROWS. CHARLES BURROWS. JOHN BIDWELL. FRED BUTTERWORTH. EDWARD CLARKSON. THOMAS DURHAM. GEORGE F. FINCH. NORMAN FINCH. JOHN F. FISHER. WILLIAM H. FISHER. THOMAS FORSHAW. HENRY FISH. THOMAS FAIRCLOUGH. JOSEPH HAMMERSLEY. JOHN HARDAKER. HAROLD HEWITT. WILLIAM HOWARTH. JAMES HAMER. WILLIAM HULL. JOSEPH LANCASTER. GEORGE M. McLEAN. JOHN MERCER. JAMES NUTTALL. WILLIAM J. NUTTER. FRANK PRESTON. JOHN PEACOCK. HENRY PARKER. |
Left face:
THOSE WHO SERVED JAMES E. POOLE. WILLIAM POOLE. CHARLES M. RATCLIFFE. JOHN RATCLIFFE. ROBERT RATCLIFFE. HARRY S. RATCLIFFE. JAMES RIGBY. CLIFFORD ROBERTS. JOHN ROBERTSON. THOMAS ROBINSON. ROBERT S. SANDERSON NORMAN SANDERSON ERNEST SHAW. JOHN W. SIM. JOSEPH SIM. WILLIAM SIMM. THOMAS SOWERBUTTS. RICHARD SOWERBUTTS. ARTHUR SUMNER. CLIFFORD TAYLOR. HERBERT TINSLEY. FRANK TRUE. JAMES E. THORNTON. HAROLD TAPNER. THOMAS TOMLINSON. JOHN WIGNALL. THOMAS WIGNALL. KEMBLE WILLIAMS. HENRY WILSON. JOHN WILSON. JAMES WHITTLE. JAMES W. YATES. NURSES. JESSIE TRUE. ETHEL CALLELEY. |