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    Memorial

    Wigan Post Office Roll of Honour

    The framed Roll of Honour

    Source: David Long

    1/6

    Current Location

    Wall mounted within outer frame, inside door of second floor mess room - snooker room, Delivery Office, Hallgate, Wigan, Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN1 1AA, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SD 58016 05781

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    © WMR-72561

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    Type of Memorial
    Roll of honour or book of remembrance
    WMR Reference Number
    72561
    Description
    Richly illuminated and illustrated Roll of Honour on parchment, in calligraphy; in a glazed wooden frame
    Inscription
    Wigan Post/Office/Roll Of Honour/ Scroll - 1914 - 1918: Members of the Staff who joined / His Majesty's Forces In a lozenge to the left, centre: Victory 1918. In a lozenge to the right, centre: Peace 1919. Along the bottom: Designed & Illuminated by F & H Lowe, Wigan 1919 Four columns of names - 113
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    110
    Served
    110
    Information shown
    surname, initials of forenames
    Order of names
    surname
    Sponsored By
    The General Post Office
    Maintenance History
    It appears to have been reframed relatively recently

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    30/07/1919

    Mr HS Wooster, Surveyor, NW Postal District, Ald. J Cheetham (Mayor) Town Clerk Rector of Wigan, Mr R Brown, Postmaster

    Custodian
    Royal Mail

    Components

    Roll of honour

    Made from: Parchment


    Condition: Good


    Frame

    Made from: Wood


    Condition: Good


    • http://catalogue.postalmuseum.org/collections/getrecord/GB813_Mem196
  • Wigan Observer, 02/08/1919: Report of unveiling
  • Wigan Observer, 09/08/1919: Fuller report of unveiling, with list of names, and a photograph of the ceremony.