Memorial

St Joseph's Church - WW1

St Joseph's Church - WW1 War Memorial

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Current Location

St Josephs Church, Chapel Fold, Hoghton, Chorley, Lancashire, PR5 0DE, England

SD 60293 26352

Roman Catholic

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 62532
Description: Marble tablet with rounded pediment containing a wreath encompassing the word PAX. There is a laurel and oak leaf each side, and below is the dedication and names in red and black lettering. At the lower edge is a decorative corbel. There was also a tablet in the St. Joseph's Men Club with 49 names
Inscription: THEY WHOM THIS TABLET/ COMMEMORATES/ Were numbered amongst those who at the call of God and/ Country left all that was dear to them endured hardship/ 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./ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER THEM SEE TO IT/ THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN/ (Names)/ May they Rest in Peace.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 12
Died: 12
Information shown: regiment, rank, forenames, surname, age at death, date of death
Order of names: date of death

Tablet

Height: 1500mm

Width: 800mm

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good