- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 53068
- Description
- A large wooden memorial, with fluted pilasters which extend beyond the main structure, and which have corniced pediments. From the junction of the extended pilaster and the top of the main board two brackets support a small section, which has a castellated corniced pediment at the top of the frame which holds the Roll of Honour for WW2. Beneath this is set a cast bronze plaque with a raised border, bearing the raised names of the fallen of the Great War, under the name of the Company. This is attached to a relatively new plywood panel. It appears that the Great War plaque may originally have been in the space where the WW2 names are now - but was moved down to make space for the WW2 plaque to be accommodated. It now sits between the dates of the Great War, above a shelf, on each end of which sits a pewter vase, which have inscriptions around their necks, which cannot be read because of the height above the ground. A similar plaque appears on another of the Company's memorials - WMR 17970.
The names of the Great War Roll of Honour are painted on three boards framed by the pilasters and fluted columns under basket arches. A dedication is carved above, and along the bottom.
The title for the WW2 Roll of Honour is in yellow paint, as are the names of the two who fell, with the other names being in black paint between yellow lines over four columns.
- Inscription
- Top board: 1939 - Roll of Honour - 1945/ Killed in Action/ ( 2 Names)/ (Names)
Main board: 1914 - 1918, carved downwards, each side of the bronze plaque bearing the names of the fallen
Bronze plaque: To honour the memory of our men who fell in the Great War 1914-1919/ McCorquodale & Co. Ltd./ Newton-le-Willows/ (Names)/ Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
Bottom board: The following also served/ (Names)/ Their name liveth for evermore
TITLE PAGE ROLL OF HONOUR BOOK: WE WILL/ REMEMBER/ THEM/ THIS BOOK/ COMMEMORATES/ THE NAMES OF/ THE MEMBERS OF MCCORQUODALE & CO. LTD./ AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES, WHO, AT THE/ BIDDING OF THEIR COUNTRY, LEFT ALL THAT WAS/ DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED HARDNESS, FACED/ DANGER, AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT/ OF MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF-/ SACRIFICE, GIVING UP THEIR OWN LIVES THAT/ OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM.