MISC
ECCLES WAR MEMORIAL
The principal war memorial for the town of Eccles is situated in front of the main library on Church Street, it was unveiled on the 15th August 1925 by Lord Derby. The memorial was designed by John Cassidy and it has been listed as a grade II structure. The dedication inscription on monument is as follows :
IN MEMORY |
OF THOSE FROM THE |
BOROUGH OF ECCLES |
| WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES |
IN THE WARS OF |
1914-1918 |
1939-1945 |
Eccles War Memorial Circa. 1930
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BARTON WESLEYAN CHAPEL MEMORIAL TABLET
( PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF MR ERIC HEATON )
This memorial tablet which is actually sculptured from white marble was once located at one of the oldest places of worship in the area, the former Barton Wesleyan Chapel, Barton Road, Eccles.
The dedication inscription is as follows:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD |
AND IN HONOURED MEMORY |
OF MEMBERS OF THIS |
CONGREGATION AND SCHOOL |
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR |
1914-1919 |
HARRY BRABIN |
ALBERT HORACE COLDWELL |
FRANK COLDWELL |
HAROLD KERFOOT |
HARRY SPENCE |
| THERE NAME LIVETH FOR EVER MORE |
ANDOVER STREET ROLL OF HONOR
PATRICROFT, ECCLES.
This Street memorial was one of many similar commemorations that could be found throughout the towns of Lancashire during the period of The Great War and it's aftermath.
This particular one was sited on a shop wall on the corner of Andover Street and Athol Street, Patricroft, Eccles. The entrance to the shop was situated on Andover Street, the memorial contained the names of servicemen from the surounding streets, 21 of which were killed or died and 3 that were listed as prisoners of war and missing. The streets dedications on this roll were as follows: Aldred Street, 32 men listed, Andover Street, 10 men listed, Arnold Street, 22 men listed, Atherton Street, 17 men listed, Athol Street, 34 men listed, Beech Street, 12 men listed, Dudley Street, 7 men listed, Florence Street, 4 men listed, Lincoln Street, 26 men listed, New Lane, 13 men listed, Owen Street, 10 men listed, Winifred Street, 6 men listed.
During the redevelopment of the area, it was found neccessary to remove the memorial to avoid damage, this took place in October 1965 and consequentially the memorial was placed in the safe keeping of Monks Hall Museum.
The memorial in now currently under the care of Salford Museum and Art Gallery,The Crescent Salford.
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PATRICROFT ROLL OF HONOUR POSTCARDS
The three images below are of original postcards from the period of the Great War and were kindly supplied by Mr Peter Farrell of Winton, Eccles.
Cawdor Street and District Roll Of Honour
A postcard of the unveiling ceremony of the Cawdor Street and District Roll of Honour, circa unknown but possibly sometime in 1917. This particluar photograph shows the roll as having several blank areas, but by the time the armistice was signed in 1918, many more names would have been added.
This memorial is now under the care of Salford Museum and Art Gallery, The Crescent, Salford
Renshaw Street Roll Of Honour
Amongst the many names listed, this particular roll is known to contain the names of 16 dead servicemen from Renshaw Street and it's surrounding area. This is one of several rolls that were removed from their original site and placed under the foundation stone of the Eccles War Memorial during it's construction in 1925.
Station Road Roll Of Honour
The unveiling of this particular memorial took place on the 18th August 1917, it was the town's first street memorial to the men who were currently serving and those who had already been killed in the Great War.
It contained the names of 151 servicemen from Station Road and the surrounding streets, 24 of which had already been killed,the memorial was mounted on the side wall of the Manchester& County Bank.
During the construction of the town's main memorial in 1925 many of the original street rolls were taken down and it was decided to put them in a lead casket and place it beneath the foundation stone of the new monument, this included the Station Road Roll of Honour, which by now sadly contained the names of 44 servicemen listed as killed.
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UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, BRIDGEWATER STREET, WINTON
Before the redevelopment of Bridgewater Street in the mid to late sixties, there stood a mission room for the members of the United Methodist Church, which was situated close to the junction with New Lane.
With the closure of the mission rooms the Roll of Honour which contained the names of 43 members of its congregation was donated to the former Monks Hall Museum for safe keeping. As well as the main roll, I know of an idividual memorial dedicated to two brothers, William and Leonard Hinde Worsley, who were closely associated with the Mission, both men served with the Lancashire Fusiliers and unfortunately lost their lives within weeks of each other during the battle of the Somme. This individual memorial is located in Cark, near Grange -Over-Sands.
Eccles & Patricroft Journal, Friday 28th July 1916.
Eccles & Patricroft Journal, Friday 18 August 1916.
I stumbled across the fate of these two men purley by accident, whilst I was doing some research into a member of my own family who had been killed in the Great War. I was suprised to find that, although not directly related two these two brothers, I do share a very personal connection from an extremely early age, as they lived in the same house that I was brought up in.
The Roll of Honour for the Bridgewater Street Mission is now under the care of Salford Museum and Art Gallery, the Crescent, Salford.
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THE DRILL HALL
CROMWELL ROAD, PATRICROFT, ECCLES.
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A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING FROM THE ECCLES & PATRICROFT JOURNAL DATED 11TH SEPTEMBER 1914, GIVING DETAILS OF MEN LISTED IN "F" COMPANY ( ECCLES & PATRICROFT ) 5TH MANCHESTER REGIMENT.
ECCLES & PATRICROFT JOURNAL, JULY 1915.
DETAILS OF RECENT CASUALITES OF MEN OF THE 5TH MANCHESTER REGIMENT FIGHTING IN THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN.
