Memorial

New Jerusalem Church

Memorial tablets

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Current Location

New Jerusalem Church, Primrose St, Kearsley, Bolton, Greater Manchester, BL4 8BD, England

SD 74418 05261

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 64073
Description: 3 stone tablets wall mounted above an altar shelf. The trio of equilaterally arched tablets are mounted at the top by fleur-de-lis and the central tablet by a cross. The lettering is in black Roman capitals.
Inscription: THEY WHOM THIS TABLET/ COMMEMORATES WERE/ NUMBERED AMONG THOSE WHO/ AT THE CALL OF KING AND/ 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./ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER/ SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES/ BE NOT FORGOTTEN./ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN/ THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS/ LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.