Memorial

Men Of Swinton Lychgate

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Current Location

St Peter's Church, Partington Lane/Chorley Road junction, Swinton, Salford, Greater Manchester, M27 0NA, England

OS Grid Reference

SD 77483 01734

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Gate
WMR Reference Number: 26151
Description: Lychgate and glass-fronted casket of soil from the Western Front built into the wall. Two figures in niches on each face, both saintly and secular. Rolls of Honour carved on internal walls.
Inscription: INSIDE (12 O'CLOCK FACE): DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF SWINTON WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919. INSIDE (6 O'CLOCK FACE): "FOR LOVES SAKE REMEMBER THEIR LIVES FOR...." OUTSIDE (6 O'CLOCK FACE): "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND." OUTSIDE (9 O'CLOCK FACE): ETERNAL REST GRANT THEE O LORD. OUTSIDE (12 O'CLOCK FACE): MAKE THEM TO BE NUMBERED WITH THY SAINTS. OUTSIDE (3 O'CLOCK FACE): LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM.

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 278
Died: 278
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of names: surname THEN forename

History

Maker(s): Harold Kay of London, Designer
J.Cassidy, Sculptor
William Clare of Farnworth, Builder
Maintenance History: 2008: It was reported that the local Council planned to recarve the names on this memorial and have asked local residents to contact them with names of relatives known to have died during the First World War. SOME REPAIR WORK WAS CARRIED OUT ON THE GATE IN 1992 BUT A LOT OF THE NAMES HAVE FADED, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE GATE WAS RECONSTRUCTED USING DIFFERENT STONE WHICH NEEDED TO BE BLENDED. Moved back approx 30 feet in 1990 from the main road.

Ceremonies

Unveiled

7th October 1922

J.Stottard of Lawnswood, Swinton Park, owner of Albert Mill, Swinton

Dedicated

1922

UNKNOWN

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