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In St Peter Bolton-le-Moors Church, Bolton.


Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Private JOHN JORDON

The Cameronians Scottish Rifles
Private S. MONTGOMERY
Private WILLIAM MYERS
Private MARTIN O'MALLEY

Worcester Regiment
Corporal W.J. BRISTON

East Lancashire Regiment
Private GEORGE CORNWELL
Private PATRICK GIBLIN

South Lancashire Regiment
Private JOSEPH CASSON

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Sergeant JAMES MORLEY
Lance Corporal A.E. CLARKSON
Bugler JAMES LOWE
Private JAMES CONNOR
Private JOHN McKEOWN
Private ARTHUR WEBBER

The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Private STEPHEN SHUTT

The King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Lance Corporal C.G. HOWARTH
Private Wm. P. BRADY

7th Dragoon Guards
Lance Corporal J.F. DRISCOLL

Imperial Yeomanry
Corporal ROBERT LANCASTER
Trooper Wm. HOWCROFT
Trooper PERCY ORRELL
Trooper T. PARKINSON

Royal Engineers
Sapper W. KENYON
Sapper J.L. METCALFE

Coldstream Guards
Lance Corporal J.S. PILLING
Private W. SHAW

Scots Guards
Sergeant HERBERT HURST
Private C.F. HARDMAN

Royal Lancaster Regiment
Colour Sergeant J. FLETCHER
Sergeant ADAM POOLE
Sergeant EDWARD A. WILSON
Lance Corporal G. KNOWLES
Private E. CORNETTE
Private W. HOSWELL
Private ELI WOOD

Lancashire Fusiliers
Sergeant FRED H. HOPE
Corporal JOHN FLYNN
Private ALBERT BUCKLEY
Private GEORGE H. BRADLEY
Private JOHN BRODERICK
Private PATRICK CORRIGAN
Private DENNIS DEVINE
Private THOMAS HASLAM
Private CHARLES HILLYARD
Private J. HEYES
Private J. HOGAN
Private DENNIS HEYES
Private JOHN KEARNS
Private S. LONGWORTH
Private THOMAS MOORES
Private GEORGE MILLER
Private Wm. H. McKEOWN
Private JOSEPH ROYLE
Private J. TAYLOR
After J. Taylor there's a faint name which could be W. SALISBURY

Royal Scots Fusiliers
Corporal BENJAMIN KNOWLES
Private T. FINCH

Cheshire Regiment
Private T. STOTT

Manchester Regiment
Private JOHN BARNES
Private FREDERICK BUNN
Private Wm. H.T. FARRELL
Private CHARLES GREEN
Private JOHN SMITH

York and Lancaster Regiment
Private Wm. NAYLOR

Royal Irish Fusiliers
Private JOHN F. BURNS

Army Service Corps
Driver JOHN MORAN
Driver DANIEL W. TAYLOR
Driver PETER FINAN

Royal Army Medical Corps
Civil Surgeon H.A. SCOTT
Medical Corporal C.F. SHAW
Private S.H. BERTWISTLE
Private Wm. H. BOWCOCK
Private WILLIAM DIXON

Kitchener's Fighting Scouts
Trooper EPHRAIM WALSH

Brabant's Horse
Private MICHAEL WALSH


At bottom-right is: -
ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION
___________ 1903
JOHN MILES
MAYOR

The month of erection appears to have been erased; perhaps because there was a delay?

A superb memorial, I sometimes question the wisdom of putting them high on church walls, so often they cannot be read, that is certainly the case in Manchester Cathedral and so many others.

Agreed but I wouldn't want them low enough to be touched. If this one was within touching distance some of the names might have been erased by now.

I've been in a couple of regimental chapels where some of the 19th century plaques are unreadable, because they're so high up and can't be cleaned regularly.

Good Afternoon Every One......

Bolton (Eagley Mills and Bromley Cross) happens to be the home stomping grounds of my Step-Father and have visited family there many times.......

I know that three members of the family served in South Africa and I guess that we were lucky that none of them are listed on the memorial.....

Love your photos and write-ups Berenice.......

Mike

Berenice,

Everything about your last post was fabulous. Many thanks

Berenice,

I agree with all the positive comments above, not least because I've discovered the hard way how difficult it is to get good photos of plaques and memorials in churches. More importantly, I do read the names on the memorials so, at least for a while, these men are remembered.

Thanks

Patrick