Chorley Pals

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Reference WMO/137380

Address:

Union Street

Chorley

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Serviceman/woman sculpture
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Memorial to the Chorley Pals, a detachment of troops recruited in the town. Several towns nicknamed their great war recruits 'pals', for example, Accrington Pals. Unveiled on the 28th February 2010, it is dedicated to the memory of The Chorley Pals - Y Company of the 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment. It commemorates and names all the original 222 men who formed the Pals unit in 1914, early 1915. The memorial cost £95,000 to build, raised from two donors (not public -subscription); it is owned by the Chorley Pals Memorial, a registered charity 1121707. Chorley Council have adopted it for insurance and maintenance purposes. The memorial is a bronze sculpture of a WW1 soldier in full period kit, top of a limestone plinth.
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Face: The Chorley Pals 1914 - 1919Reverse (Battle honours): Suez Canal 1916 , The Somme 1916 1917 1918, Arras 1917, Hazebrouck 1918, Ploegsteert Wood 1918

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