Memorials - New Longton - All Saints WW1 & WW2 Memorial Plaque
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All Saints Church, Station Road, New Longton, Preston PR4 4LN Ordnance Survey Grid Reference - SD 50980 25628 IWM War Memorials Register - 64074 War Memorials Online - Not on site The memorial is situated within the church on the south wall. The original church stood at the corner of Hugh Barn Lane and Station Road and this site now makes up part of the school attached to the modern church. This is where the memorial was originally sited.
The memorial takes the shape of a bronze nowy headed plaque and bears the names of 14 men who died in World War 1 over two columns. There is a further extension plaque fixed to the foot of the original plaque bearing the names of 14 men over three columns who died in World War 2 |
All images © Charles O'Donnell 2018
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TO THE
GLORY OF GOD
AND IN HONOUR OF THE
MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919
GLORY OF GOD
AND IN HONOUR OF THE
MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919
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Column 1
PTE. J. CARR PTE. H. DAWSON PTE. E. EATON Lieut. J. H. GARDNER PTE. E. HALL PTE. J. HALL GNR. E. KIRBY |
Column 2
PTE. F. KIRBY PTE. J. PARKER MAJ. T. G. RAWSTORNE PTE. L. SEEKINGS PTE. W. SOUTHWORTH CPL. G. T. STARLING PTE. D. WILDING |
"GREATER LOVE HAVE NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."
1939 ALSO OF THE FOLLOWING 1945
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Column 1
L. DIXON G. P. HAGERTY R. HARRISON E. HUNTER F. INGHAM |
Column 2
P. MEDLEY H. RIGBY V. J. SANDERS F. SCHOLES |
Column 3
J. SHARPLES A. SMELLIE D. H. SMITH J. TAYLOR T. E. WAUD |