Memorial
Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Manton Pits WW1
Current Location
South wall of the Lady Chapel, St Mary and St Cuthbert Priory Church, Cheapside, Worksop, Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire, S80 2HX, England
OS Grid Reference
SK 59018 78910
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 59011
- Description
- Bronze plaque with a raised oak leaf and acorn pattern border. A Tudor rose lies each side of the title scroll above the raised inscription. One of nineteen plaques of a similar design erected at the works and pits of the Company in 1920.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORIAM/ THE NAMES HERE RECORDED ARE of/ THOSE MEN WHO WORKED HERE AND/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR / THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ AUGUST 1914 - NOVEMBER 1918/ AS WELL AS THE NAMES OFTHOSE WHO OBTAINED MILITARY DISTINCTIONS/ IN THE WAR / MANTON PITS / KILLED / (Names) / HONOURS / (Names)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 455
- Died
- 455
- Information shown
- Surname, forename, decorations, service number, regiment, death
- Order of names
- Surname, forename, decorations, service number, regiment, death
- Sponsor Type
- corporate
- Sponsored By
- The Wigan Coal and Iron Company Limited
Ceremonies
Unveiled
08/05/1920
GHM Turner, Chairman, Worksop UDC, WH Hewlett, Managing Director, Revs. d'Arcy, Hayward, Lambert, representatives of miners, veterans - and William Johnson VC
Previous Location(s)
In the lamp room., Manton Colliery, Retford Rd (B6040), Manton, Worksop, Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire, England
OS Grid Reference
SK 600 780
Year of move
c 1995
Reason for move
Colliery closed and demolished.
Components
- Plaque
Made from: Metal
Condition: Good
- Local Publication - Booklet undated, about 2016: Whose Memorial, by Robert Ilett - the Appendix gives details about the Memorial.
- The Worksop Guardian, 14/05/1920: Report of the unveiling of the memorial on the wall of the lamp room.