Walshaw War Memorial

Walshaw War Memorial

Walshaw is situated  between Tottington and Bury, rather closer to Tottington. My father worked at Walshaw primary school, there is a picture here with his class. My Aunt Irene died in a rest home here too, so I have some quite poignant memories of Walshaw. However, Walshaw is a nice place. There is a huge church. It is known to the locals as "Walshaw Cathedral" and true to form, just about sits on the highest point of the village. The War Memorial doubles as a roundabout and a bus terminus, it is quite compact and is treated with all the proper reverence that it deserves. There is one inscription on the memorial that is important to me and that is Private W (Walker) Dunn. Walker Dunn was son of Walker Dunn and Eliza Hazelhurst. I believe that he had 6 other siblings. Walker died on the 2nd of July at the battle of the Somme and his name is also inscribed on the Pozieres Memorial in France.
The name Walker was an institution in the Dunn family. I can trace 5 Walkers in the family tree. The first name is Walker Greenhalgh who married into the Dunn family. There is more information here. There is a list of the inscriptions here
This memorial is on the National inventory of War Memorials as

                   WALSHAW

                                   UKNIWM Ref: 3245