- Type of Memorial
- Composite
- WMR Reference Number
- 15267
- Description
- The basis of the memorial is the Boer War Memorial unveiled in 1905, beneath a stone sculpture of a soldier in Boer War uniform. The statue is set upon a multi-layered plinth, with a stone pillar in the centre of the top section carrying a ram's head, the town symbol, at its capital, and the date 1904 on its base. There is an array of three tablets on the three visible sides on the two lower levels. The central tablet of the upper of those levels carries the dedication, and the panel below it carries the names of those who died in the Boer War. The four panels on the two side faces carry the names of men who served in various units in the war.
On each flank of this memorial three modern granite tablets have been installed. Those on the southern (left) flank commemorate the fallen of WW1, and those on the right the fallen of WW2.
In front of the memorial a sandstone tablet has been installed in the ground to commemorate Pte. Norman Harvey VC, who won his VC in WW1, and was killed in action in WW2.
- Inscription
- (FIGURE)
(BELOW FIGURE) URBAN DISTRICT OF NEWTON-IN- MAKERFIELD/ SOUTH AFRICAN WAR- 1899-1902/ ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION TO PERPETUATE THE NAMES OF THOSE/ MEN FROM NEWTON-IN-MAKERFIELD WHO VOLUNTEERED AND SERVED IN/ SOUTH AFRICA DURING THE WAR./ (Names)
KILLED IN ACTION/ (Names)/ LANCASHIRE HUSSARS IMPERIAL YEOMANRY/ (Names)/ (Name)- DIED OF ENTERIC FEVER.
(LEFT OF THE FIGURE) THE GREAT WAR / (WORLD WAR 1) / 1914-1918 / (UNKNOWN)
(RIGHT OF THE FIGURE) WORLD WAR II / 1939-1945 / THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD AS / WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD / AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM / NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN / AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE / SUN AND IN THE MORNING / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM / NEWTON - LE - WILLOWS & EARLESTOWN / WAR MEMORIAL 1939-1945 / (NAMES)
1st V.B. SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGT/ (Names)/ THE KINGS LIVERPOOL REG/ (Names)
VOLUNTEERS SERVING IN OTHER REGIMENTS/ (Names)
LANCASHIRE HUSSARS IMPERIAL YEOMANRY/ 1st DETACHMENT 1900/ (Names) 2nd DETACHMENT 1901/ (Names)
3rd DETACHMENT 1902/ (Names)