Memorial

St Thomas Ashton-in-Makerfield - WW1 and WW2

Source: Copyright Mike Berrell

1/10

Current Location

Junction of Warrington Road and Heath Road, St Thomas the Apostle Church, Warrington Road, Ashton In Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN4 9PL, England

OS Grid Reference

SJ 57710 98934

Denomination

Church of England

View location on Google Maps

Names listed on this memorial

Contribute to the War Memorials Register

Send us details and photographs of your local war memorials, to help enhance the information about the people, places and events they commemorate.

Contribute now

This record shows everything IWM currently knows about this memorial. We are continually updating our records.

To share information or photographs, contact us.

Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 18469
Description: Octagonal double plinth surmounted by tapering shaft and cross. The dedication to the Great War is on the South-West face, with the names spreading round the other seven faces. The name Lady Mary Gerard has been added above the dedication. The dedication to WW2 is on a narrower octagonal band above, and additional names have been inscribed above the year dates.
Inscription: Front Panel Upper-MARY LADY GERARD/To the Glory of God/and in memory of/our brethren/who fell in the/Great War/1914-1919/Thyn name liveth/for evermore Front Panel lower-[names]/1939-1945 Other panels- [names]

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 88
Died: 88
Information shown: Surname, forename.
Order of names: Surname.

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 45
Died: 45
Information shown: Surname, forename.

Conservation

Components

Cross

Height: 7000mm

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Further Information

Other website http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/606554
Other website http://www.stthomasandstluke.co.uk/world-war-I.asp
Other website http://www.stthomasandstluke.co.uk/world-war-II.asp
Wigan Observer, 27/01/1920: Report of theLiverpool Diocesan Consistory Court - to permit erection in the churchyard of a monument of granite.