Memorials - Lostock Hall - St.James's C.E. WW1 Board
St James Church, Moss Lane, Lostock Hall, Preston, PR5 5BQ Ordnance Survey Map Reference - SD 54668 25640 IWM War Memorials Register - 42672 War Memorials Online - Not on site An oak board erected 19 June 1919 by the congregation. It carries the names of 140 men and 1 woman from the church who died or served during the Great War. At the top of the board, the names of 23 men who died are displayed over four columns in large lettering.
Below sit the names of 117 men and 1 woman (Nurse Cassie Colebourne V.A.D.) who served. It is unusual in this area for women to be commemorated, although Lostock Hall has two such memorials. It should not have been so unusual, since our communities produced many such women who served as nurses and V.A.D.s during the war.
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All images © Charles O'Donnell & Roy Fox 2018
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1914 1919
FALLEN (Over 4 columns)
FALLEN (Over 4 columns)
Column 1
J. BUCK G. BUCK F. BUCK H. BRUNDRETT A. BLEASDALE F. BALDWIN |
Column 2
J. CHARNLEY J. COWLEY J. CARR J. FAIRCLOUGH E. GREGSON J. W. GORST |
Column 3
F. HICKLIN T. A. HILTON W. KELLETT J. MORRIS R. MORRIS G. NUTTER |
Column 4
J. H. PARK W. ROSE F. SHOLLIKER J. WISEMAN J. H. WOODS |
SERVED (Over 4 columns)
Column 1 & 2
Nurse Cassie Colebourne V.A.D. (Name stretches over both columns)
Column 1 & 2
Nurse Cassie Colebourne V.A.D. (Name stretches over both columns)
Column 1
T. ALTY A. ARMER T. ATKINSON F. BUCK J. BLACK J. BEARDSWORTH H. BROWN F. G. BROWN F. W. BROWN J. BILSBOROUGH J. BLEASDALE E. V. W. CRICK J. COLEBOURNE T. CHARNLEY H. CHARNLEY G. CHARNLEY E. CHARNLEY H. CLITHEROE J. H. CLITHEROE J. CLARKSON B. CULSHAW H. CULSHAW J. CARR W. CARR S. CARR T. COOKSON R. CALLAGHAN W. M. CARTBRIGHT J. DURHAM |
Column 2
S. DAVIES R. DIMMOCK C. EDMONSON R. EDMONSON W. FINCH T. FAIRCLOUGH A. FAIRCLOUGH J. FAIRCLOUGH G. FAIRCLOUGH L. FOWLER T. GERMAN S. GORE J. GOODER W. HICKLIN G. HICKLIN J. HALL H. HEYES G. A. HILL F. N. D. HILTON J. IDDON E. INGHAM H. JENKINS W. JOHNSON J. W. JOLLY G. KIRBY J. H. LATHAM S. LEYAND W. LLOYD G. MORGAN |
Column 3
J. MORGAN J. MOSS J. MOULDING F. NUTTALL W. NUTTER J. NORRIS A. PARKINSON J. PARKINSON J. PARKINSON W. PILLING G. PILLING J. PILLING A. PILLING J. PETERS E. PILKINGTON R. PARKER H. PARKER H. PARKER R. RAWCLIFFE I. ROBINSON E. ROTHWELL J. RANDALL T. SELF J. A. SMITH W. E. SMITH H. SMITH S. SHARPLES W. SIMM A. SLATER C. SANDERSON |
Column 4
J. TUSON W. Jas. TAYLOR W. J. TAYLOR G. TAYLOR A. TAYLOR J. C. TOPPING W. TOPPING J. TOPPING E. TYRER T. TOMLINSON E. TOMLINSON P. A. TRAFFORD R. TURNER J. TURNER R. WILSON J. WILSON F. WOODS T. WOODS R. WATKINSON W. WILKINS R. WILKINS J. WALMSLEY W. WAKEFIELD W. WISEMAN W. WIGGANS J. WILDING W. WHITTLE T. YATES |
TO THE GLORY OF GOD.
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE CONGREGATION
OF ST.JAMES' CHURCH LOSTOCK HALL, TO COMMEMORATE
THE CELEBRATION OF PEACE JUNE 19TH 1919, AND
TO PERPETUATE THE NAMES OF THE MEN OF THIS
CHURCH WHO SERVED IN H.M. FORCES.
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE CONGREGATION
OF ST.JAMES' CHURCH LOSTOCK HALL, TO COMMEMORATE
THE CELEBRATION OF PEACE JUNE 19TH 1919, AND
TO PERPETUATE THE NAMES OF THE MEN OF THIS
CHURCH WHO SERVED IN H.M. FORCES.
Thank you to Roy Fox for his photographs of the board