Breightmet United Reformed Church

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Reference WMO/112806

Address:

Red Lane United Reformed Church

Newby Road

Bolton

BL2 5EQ

England

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Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Other cross
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Granite column in five separate pieces, with hexagonal section. A cross at the top (now lost).Stone cross originally located outside Breightmet United Reformed Church. When the site of Breightmet United Reformed Church was redeveloped, the cross was housed at the Astley Bridge Royal British Legion Club on Belmont Road, Astley Bridge. In 2012, the cross was re-erected outside the Red Lane United Reformed Church on Newby Road, Breightmet, but it is missing the head of the cross.
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Hexagonal base, front face: TO THE _ GLORY OF GOD_ AND IN EVER_ GRATEFUL MEMORY_ OF THE MEN FROM_ THIS CHURCH_ WHO FOR_ TRUTH AND LIBERTY_ LAID DOWN THEIR_ LIVES_ IN THE GREAT WAR_1914 - 1918 _ 1939 - 1940 Face either side of front: Names

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