St Annes War Memorial

Set in Ashton Gardens, the war memorial is most imposing, quite possibly the most imposing on the Fylde coast. The sculpture is by Walter Marsden and it is very moving. This is Walter Marsden at his peak. According to the UKNIWM the memorial was unveiled by Alderman C F Critchley on the 12th of October 1924. Much of the information seems sketchy, hopefully my photographs will give a better insight into the description. There are further photographs at the datastore as well as a list of the fallen.

The architect was Mr Thomas Smith Tait.

Looking from the north,
Ashton Gardens also has a lake as well as a rose garden

The soldier on the north side

Mother and child on the south side

The panel on the east side of the monument. In the datastore are close ups of the detail. This is a panoramic image made up of a composite

Peace looking out to sea

1939 to 1945 inscription

Continuation of the inscription on the opposite side.
The names are in the data store

The Great War inscription

Peace looking out to sea

The Soldier

Peace

The area around the memorial is great for skateboarding
Long may it continue!

Peace facing to sea

There is a Pathe News clip here. The clip is from the west side of the memorial. Peace is facing out to sea.The location on a map is shown here.

Truro Memorial

Set in Boscawen street, This memorial is hard to miss. These are the names of the fallen. In the season it is surrounded by traffic and holiday makers - I was one! There is little on the memorial. It is however well crafted and although not large - quite commanding.This memorial is recorded as UKNIWM Ref: 2118

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This is the memorial set in front of the Coinage Hall

IN PROUD MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL

IN THE GREAT WARS

OF 1914 – 1919 & 1939-1945

This is the side that has the WW2 and the Falkland Islands and Afghanistan casualties

WW2 Causalities

AFGHANISTAN 2009

OLAF S. G. SCHMID

FALKLAND ISLANDS 1982

PALMER, ANDREW

WORLD WAR TWO

ALLEN, J.

ANDREW, H.

BARRETT, A.E.

BATTEN, R.O.

BAYLEY, J.H.

BENNETT, L.

BOWDEN, H.C.

BRAUND, P.

BRAY, S.

BROWN, C.G.

BUNNEY, W.T.

CLIFT, A.

CLIFT, F.

CLIFT, R.

COCKLE, G.H.E.

COCKING, K.W.T.

COWLING, S.O.

CRAPP, F.C.

DAVIS, G.

DENNIS, W.A.

DOWNEY, E.L.

DOWNING, C.H.

DRABBLE, K.

DUNSTAN, D.L.

DUNSTAN, S.J.

DYER, B. C.

ENDEAN, D.

EUSTICE, D.

EVANS, C.

EVANS, R.W.J.

FARR, J.

FORD, I.J.

FORD, VICTOR

FORD, VINCENT

GODDRD, E

HAMBLY, L.O.

HARVEY, W.C.L.

HITCHENS, F.J.C.

HOCKING A.T.O.

HOOPER, E.H.

HORNBROOK, T.H.

HOSKINS, W.H.

JORDAN, A.C.

KELLOW, J.

KENT, H.

KNAPMAN, W.E.L.

LASHBROOK, N.

LEAN, L.A.J.

MARTIN, W. C.

MARTLAND, D.W.

MAY, A. G.

McLAY G.K.

MERRIFIELD, W.

METZ, A. F.

MORTON, E. N.

MOSS, E. J.

MYNERS, K.

NICHOLLS, W. R.

NORMAN, F.

PARSONS, A.

PASCOE, E

PASCOE, L.J.

PEARCE, C. H.

PEARCE, L.C.

PENHALIGON, T.E.J.

PENROSE, H. L.

PHILLIPS, D.R.

POWELL, W. C.

RADCLIFFE, J.

RANDLE, J.C.

RICH, C.C.

RICHARDS, F.A.A.

RICHARDS, J.A.

RICHARDS, R.J.

RICHARDS. T.J.R.

ROBINS, N.E.

ROWE, B.R.E.

RUNNALS, R.J.

SEABROOK, L.

SHEEPWASH, B.

SNELL, H.C.

STACEY, J.

STEAD, R.

STEER, R.J.

SWEET,, C.E.W

TANN, S.

TAYLOR, A.C.

TAYLOR, R.

TOPHAM, V.C.

TREWELLA, H.K.

TRUSCOTT. F.L.

TURNBULL, D.E.

TURNBULL, R.A.

VENTON, C.L.

WALLACE, A.E.

WARD, C.T.

WASLEY, J.

WEARY, L.

WEBB, C.J.

WILLIAMS, C.

WILLIAMS, L.

WILLIAMS, R.

WILLIAMS, S.G.

WILLIAMSON, J.C.

WILLS, J.

World War 1 casualty list is below the last picture:

A WW1 face

From the Coinage Hall side

THE 1914-1919 WAR

ANDREW, BERTIE

ANNEAR, JAMES H.

ARTHUR, GEORGE

AVERY, E. JOHN

BALL, GEORGE

BALL, WILLIAM

BARRETT, PHILIP

BARRETT, REGINALD

BARTON, H. PERCY

BATH, ROBERT M.

BENNEY, HOWARD

BENNEY, VICTOR

BLEWETT, SEYMOUR

BRAY, WILLIAM

BROKENSHA, HENRY

BROWN, V. ERNEST

BUCK, THOMAS, W.

BURLEU, JAMES

BURNET, ROBERT

BURROWS, REGINALD

CANN, FREDERICK

CARBIS, EDWIN

CARLYON, THOMAS T.

CARVETH, STANLEY

CHAMPION, ERNEST

CHILCOTT, GILBERT. G C.

CHRISTIAN, ARNOLD

CLEMENS, HORACE

COAD, REGINALD C.

COLENSO, ERNEST

COLLINGS, BERTRAM

COLLINS, EDGAR

COLLIVER, FRANK

COLSTON, HARRY

COOK, HAROLD

CORRISON, STANLEY

COURTS, EDWIN C.

COWLING ALBERT.

COWLING, JOHN

DAVIS , ALBERTUS

DEACON, ARCHIE

DITTON, CLARENCE E.

DOWN, JAMES

DUNN, NORMAN B.P.

EDMONDS, WILLIAM R.

GOAD , WILLIAM, J. M.

GREENAWAY, FRANK. L.

GUNN, WILLIAM J.

HANKINS, WILLIAM

HARDING, SAMUEL A.

HARPER, THOMAS

HAWKE, PERCY

HAYNES, BERTIE,

HAYNES, LESLIE

HILL, ALBERT E. V.

HILL, FREDERICK

HILL, SYDNEY

HITCHENS, FREDERICK

HITCHENS, STUART R.

HOARE, PERCIVAL

HOCKADAY, HAROLD

HOCKING, RICHARD

HOLLAND, ERNEST

HOLMES, GEORGE

HOSKING, WILLIAM H.

HOSKING, IRVING

HUTCHINGS, SAMUEL

HUTCHINGS, HOLLAND

JACKA, EDWARD

JEWELL, JOHN

JOHNS, FREDERICK

JOHNSTON, LEWIS

JOLLEY, FRDERICK

JOSEY, HENRY

KEAST, ROBERT

KEMP, GUILLERMO

KENT, ROBERT

KNIGHT, ALBERT E.

LASHBROOK, WILLIAM J.

LAWER, MAURICE

LOBB, PERCY

LOWE, BERTIE

LOWE, WILLIAM

McLEAN, LLOYD

MAINWARING, JOHN

MATTHEWS, R. CHARLES

MATTHEWS, JOHN

MAUNDER, JAMES

MEDLIN, RICHARD

MEDLIN, TOM J.

MERRIFIELD, REGINALD G.

MITCHELL, ARTHUR J.

MITCHELL, CHARLES H.

MITCHELL C. HAROLD

MITCHELL, FREDERICK

MONK, ADAM

MORRIS, ARTHUR

MOSES, SAMUEL J.

MURTON, FRED

NICHOLAS, SIDNEY

NORTHEY, JAMES

OSBORNE, WILLIAM

PARKIN, HORACE

PARSONS, HAROLD

PASCOE, ALFRED

PASCOE, FRED

PASCOE, HUBERT

PASCOE, HENRY M.

PASCOE, JOHN C.

PASCOE, THOMAS U.

PASSMORE, GORDEN

PASSMORE, THOMAS

PEARCE, WILLIAM

PENFOLD, JOHN

PENGELLY, FREDERICK

PENHALIGON, RICHARD C.

PENROSE, RICHARD

PENROSE JOHN C.H.

PENTECOST STANLEY

PHILLIPS, WILLIAM

KELLOW, LESLIE (At the bottom of the panel)

POLMEAR, WILLIAM H.

PONSFORD, JOHN

POWELL JAMES

PRIME, R. JOHN

RIPPER, JOSEPH E.

ROBERTS, STANLEY

ROBERTS WILLIAM

ROGERS HAROLD

ROWE, REDVERS

ROWE, WILLIAM T.

RUNDLE, CYRIL

SALMON, CHARLES

SALMON, THOMAS

SARA, HARRY

SCANTLEBURY, ERNEST

SEYMORE, HERBERT

SIMMONS, HARRY

SKELLETT, JOSEPH

SKIMINS, PERCY

SKINNER, CHARLES

SLY, GEORGE

SOLOMON, EDDIE

SOLOMON, ARTHUR

SPARGO, BERTRAM D.

SPARGO, LORIS S.

STEPHENS, THOMAS

STOOT, JAMES

SUTTON, REGINALD

TAMBLYN, GEORGE

THOMAS, JOSEPH

TIPPETT, HENRY

TONKIN, HORACE O.

TONKIN, JOHN L.

TONKIN, LEONARD G.

TOY, SYDNEY H.E.

TRELCAR, BRENCHLEY

TREMBATH, FRED J.

TREVAIL, ARTIE

TREWIN, BERTRAM A.

TRUSCOTT, JOHN R.

VENN, EDWIN C.

WARE, CYRIL L.

WARWICK, R. MAXWELL

WATERS, HERBERT

WEARNE, EDWIN

WHITFIELD, WILLIAM A.

WHITE, FREDERICK W.

WHITWORTH, MELVILLE

WHITWORTH, HERBERT

WILKINS, JOHN

WILLIAMS, ARHIBALD

WILLIAMS, JOHN H.

WILLIAMS, CHARLES

WILLIAMS, JOHN C.

WILLIAMS, SYDNEY

WINTERBOTTOM, EDWIN

WOODLEY, SYDNEY

WOOLCOCK, HERBERT E.

WORTH, ERNEST

WROATH PERCY J. and

Miss CORA BALL

A brief check reveals that many of these fallen servicemen are recorded on the Commonwealth graves website.

St Michaels on Wyre and the Memorial

This together with the datastore represents two visits to this church. The first visit was to capture the memorial at the front of the church that faces the main road and any thing interesting on the outside. The panoramas and the inside shots were taken largely on the second visit. St Michaels sits roughly half way between the southern hills of the Pennines and the Fleetwood area. The next main town from on the main road is Garstang. Itself a town seeping with history. This page is most definitely a work in progress but for now some photographs. This has now been designated a class 1 listed building. Much of the history of the building can be found here.
This memorial is listed at the War Memorials Archive as No:3417

From the rear of the church, The sundial is clearly visible. It shows the nave and the south aisle really clearly really quite clearly. That is quite an old Yew to the left. The war memorial is the other side of the church as is the main road

Looking towards the alter. This shot makes the Church look quite large. It really isn't.
The organ is at the bottom of the south nave(right)

The light streaming in through the windows facing south adds an airy feel to the church.

The river Wyre bridge. The memorial is just to the left.
Completely taken by surprise - managed to get a shot off!

Facing the South Entrance

The South entrance, The date 1611 is over the door

From the rear of the church

From the rear of the church. The yew to the left and the sundial to the right.

THIS STONE
IS DEDICATED
IN PROUD AND
LOVING MEMORY
OF
THE MEMBERS
OF THIS PARISH
WHO FELL IN THE
GREAT WARS
THAT GENERATIONS YET UNBORN
MAY NOT FORGET
HOW MUCH THEY OWE
TO THE BRAVE MEN
WHO AT THE CALL
OF DUTY
FOUGHT FOR THE
HONOUR
OF THEIR COUNTRY
AND FOLLOWING
THE GREAT EXAMPLE
WILLINGLY
LAID DOWN
THEIR LIVES FOR OTHERS
1914-1918

1939-1945
MAKE THEM TO BE NUMBERED WITH THY
SAINTS IN GLORY EVERLASTING

The panoramic effect makes the rail seem curved it isn't. However to the left of the main window is some of the original plasterwork that was painted.

The modern yew tree avenue towards the west of the church.
This is from the road

More or less from the bridge before the road goes over the River Wyre

From the South entrance. Considering how small the church is - it is quite light. This is the South Aisle. Maybe to do with the white painted plaster. Restoration work is pretty good - it does not shriek at you. Well looked after, tidy church and a pleasure to be in. Soaking in history. There has been a church here since the 13th Century. A history of the building can be found here. There is no reason to doubt that there could have been a church of sorts here in the fifth century. Suspect it may have been of wood.

 The memorial and an overview of the church and the grounds:

The Roll of Honour within the church
(I have left out the names of the regiments. Many are not clear) I have corrected the alphabetical order.
Bailey, John
Bamber, Richard
Bateson, John MM
Ball, Barry
Ball, Robert
Birket, William
Bolton, Samuel
Catterall, Edward
Catterall, John
Catterall, Robert
Clegg, William
Colinson, William
Cornall, Rowland
Coupe, James
Croft, John
Davies, Roger
Dugdale, Thomas
Dugdale, James
Dunderdale, Ernest
Dunderdale, Frank
Eastham, John
Eastham, Samuel
Eteson, Albert
Fairclough, Harvey
Fisher, Septimus
Hall, John
Hall, Henry
Harrison, Walter
Hesketh, Reginald
Hesketh, Harold
Hesketh, Thomas
Hodgson, Henry
Hodgson, John
Hodgson, William
Hodgkinson, Robert
Hodgkinson, Thomas
Hogarth, John
Hogarth, William
Hornby, Hugh
Hornby, Geoffrey
Hornby, William
Hornby, Edward
Jenkinson, James
Jenkinson, John
Jenkinson, Thomas
Jenkinson, William
Kellett, George
Kirby, Thomas
Kirby, Herbert
Miller, John
Moss, Arthur
Moss, William
Moss, James
Moss, John
Moss, Thomas
Myerscough, Thomas
Pilling, Henry
Pimm, William
Pimm, Percival
Proctor, Joseph
Pye, Bartle
Rawcliffe, Richard
Rawcliffe, William
Rawcliffe, Benjiman
Robinson, Thomas
Rowson, Christopher
Seed, John
Sharples, James
Sharples, Jacob
Sharples, Thomas
Stuart, Robert
Thornboro(ugh), Thomas
Walton, Joseph
Wedge, John
Wells, John

The Names on the Memorial
Harry Ball
Robert Ball
John Croft
Henry Hall
Harold Robert Hesketh
Thomas James Hesketh
Geoffrey Phipps Hornby
William Hornby
Thomas Jenkinson
George Kellett
Percival Burchope Pimm
William Reginald Pimm
Bartle Pye
William Hays Rawcliffe
Christopher Rowson
James Sharples
Robert Stuart
Joseph Walton
John Tripyer Bateson MM Russia 1919

I think the panel at the front had been added later, the edges do not have quite the same rough profile as the vertical ones. It is possible to see where the lettering has been removed from the bottom of the WW1 stone. The words on the bottom appear to be the same.

1939 -1945

Frederick George Bamber
William Percival fairclough
Henry Crayston Hodgson
"Make them be numbered with thy
saints in glory everlasting"

Albert Wedge - Palestine 1947

Pilot Officer
F.G.BAMBER
BOMB AIMER
ROYAL AIR FORCE
22ND AUGUST 1942 AGE 31
(Frederick George Bamber)

Kirk Hammerton + St John the Baptist

Kirk Hammerton is just south of the A59, in fact there are signs to the church. Little doubt that for me this is one of the most intriguing churches I have seen in Yorkshire. I came here on the return from a campsite near York.
The memorial is to the south of the church and is on a diamond shaped roundabout near to the south entrance. Well maintained too. This is the link to the datastore for the church, fascinating place.The IWM link is 29940

Work in progress!

The Kirk Hammerton Memorial

ALSO IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
ALFRED CORPS + HARRY KETTLEWELL
CHARLES E LUNCEY + JOHN B SHILLITOE
JOSEPH H WALKER
MAY THEY REST IN PEACE
1939 - 1945

The Church is to the right of this picture

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN NEVER FADING MEMORY OF
GEORGE ANDERSON+LESLIE W. GRAY
HERBERT HALL+HUBERT JARRETT
+ALMA WALKINGTON+
WHO GAVE THEIR ALL FOR
ENGLAND HOME AND DUTY IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914-1918

There is more information about the fallen at this website

TO THE MEMORY OF
MORRIS RHODES
KILLED IN ACTION SUEZ 1956
(Perhaps someone may correct me if I am wrong - but could
this be Morris Allen Rhodes?)
This info was found via this website. Very in depth and informative. Thankyou.

The Roll of Honour is the square slate set in the wall at the right hand side

The church is to the left of this picture

 

Close up of the first picture

Roll of Honour
WW1

KIRK HAMMERTON

THE FOLLOWING MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS
PARISH SERVED AT HOME AND ABROAD IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914 -1918

MEN: Lt COLONEL E W STANYFORTH TD, CAPTAIN R STANYFORTH MC CAPTAIN C WILMOT-SMITH, 2nd LIEUTENANT T MOSSOP QR-MR SERGT E F CROFT, SERGT E CLARK, SERGT W RICHARDSON, SERGT  G H RICHARDSON, SERGT W STURDY MSM, FARRIER SERGT F WALKER, SERGT RWILLIAMS, SERGT J W SCOTT, CORP F C BOWRY, CORP N DAWSON, CORP F DAY CORP R HORNBY, CORP F IBBOTSON, L-CORP F DARLEY, L-CPL J METCALF, L-CPL JPARKER, L-CPL H H TEMPLE, PTE F ANDERSON, PTE, H ANDERSON, PTE J ATKINSON, PTE A BEASLEY, PTE M CLARK, PTE H CUSHION, SEAMAN B DAY, GUNNER T DAY, PTE G P DEIGHTON, PTE W HALL, PTE F HARDCASTLE, PTE G HARDCASTLE, PTE HJ IBBOTSON, PTE T KETTLEWELL, PTE M R KNIGHT MM, PTE A LUMLEY, PTE METCALF, PTE H NORFOLK, PTE A OUTHWAITE, PTE W PEARSON,, PTE E PRESTIDGE, PTE A RHODES, PTE B S RICHARDSON, PTE F RICHARDSON, PTE J C SCAIFE,PTE P SKIRROW, PTE C TEMPLE, PTE E WALKER, PTE J WALKINGTON, PTE H WALKINGTON, PTE E WALKINGTON, PTE G WALKINGTON, PTE  J WALKINGTON, PTE T WEBSTER, PTE W WHINCUP, PTE C WHITTAKER, PTE G WARTERS, PTE A H WINTERBURN, PTE W F YOUNG
WOMEN: MM SERVICE, J BUXTON, VAD SERVICE, M E STANYFORTH, LADY OF GRACE OF THE ORDER OF ST JOHN OF JERUSALEM IN ENGLAND, E G J STEPHENS, E M ANTONY, E DALTON, A E JACKSON, E MOSS, M E RIPLEY, M TAIT, J WILMOT-SMITH, O E WEBSTER

Frequently find new inexplicable, but interesting information,  " LADY OF GRACE OF THE ORDER OF ST JOHN OF JERUSALEM IN ENGLAND" Who does this apply to on this role of honour. There is a link to Florence Nightingale on the Internet.

This is on the IWM link as no