St Walburge's Shrine Roman Catholic Church

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St Walburge's Catholic Church

Weston Street

Preston

PR2 2QE

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Calvary
Materials:
  • Metal Brass
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Situated on the South wall of the church, a Calvary of a 5ft high Christ on an 8ft high cross, 14th century, originally from a ruined Abbey in northern France. Either side of the cross are Mary the mother of Jesus, and St John. The figures are painted wood. Either side of the cross are two panels, which when closed form a triptych over the cross. The left hand panel is a painting of St Walburga, the right hand panel is a painting of St Ignatius, in armour. When closed, the triptych doors reveal elaborately carved shields on each door, painted. At the bottom of both doors are the words 'Raptim Transit Crux Christi et Claves Petri'. The doors are hung with elaborate brass hinges. Below the cross is the badge of Preston: a blue shield on which sits a white paschal lamb, bearing a flagstaff and pennant. There is a halo around the lamb. The halo and flagstaff are gilded. Underneath the lamb are the letters PP, gilded. Under the shield is a white garland with the words 'Princeps Pacis'. Under the cross and shield are the words 'He Loved Them Unto The End'.Under the cross triptych are hung eight brass panels with the names of the fallen thereon. Above the panels are the words '+ 1914 - Eternal Rest Give Unto Them O Lord: And Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them - 1918' All gilded. Under the panels is a carved wooden altar with small carved wooden reredos. The middle panel depicts St George slaying the dragon. The two smaller panels are of carved branches, encircled by gilded crowns. Between the altar table and reredos is carved 'AD + MAJOREM + DEI + GLORIAM'. There are two further brass panels with names of the fallen on, not fixed to the memorial, but still enclosed within the space occupied by the memorial. The whole memorial is enclosed within carved wooden communion rails, with a central gap for the Priest to approach the altar. The whole memorial is within a Grade l listed building.
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Several inscriptions, as above.

ROYAL NAVY: Thomas McDonald. John Quigley. ROYAL ARTILLERY: Cuthbert Bradshaw. James Bolton. Edward Cooper. Henry Thomas Freeman. Thomas Haggar. William Hastie. William Hayes. Joseph Leggett. James McHale. Henry Mee. George Nevin. Sergt. Wilfrid Partington. James Leo Woods. ROYAL ENGINEERS: Joseph Kirby. Charles Silcock. THE KING'S OWN ROYAL LANCASTER REGIMENT: John Miles Butler. William Goody. Richard Holmes. John Livesey. Richard Marsden. George Shea. Francis Walpole. John Walsh. William Wells. THE KING'S LIVERPOOL REGIMENT: John Charnock. John Cornwell. L/C Thomas Cosgrove. L/C Albert Emmett. George Lawrenson. John Henry Leonard. John Twisaday. Eugene Williams. LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS: Francis Bashall. John Billington. Richard Dean. Stephen Flynn. Owen Lynch. Robert Marsden. L/C Joseph Quigley. EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT: Thomas Clitheroe. Thomas Delaney. Edward Fitzgerald. John Lovick. BORDER REGIMENT: Francis Anderton. Arthur Brown. Robert Dewhurst. James Dewhurst. John Vincent Doran. Corp. George Duckett. Sergt. Robert Raby. James Smith. L/C Francis Wilson. THE LOYAL REGIMENT: Robert Aspinall. Francis Collins Atherton. Robert Bailey. William Bradley. James Daniel Bramley. Albert Becconsall. Thomas Calverley. Joseph Charnley. John Charnock. Sergt. Robert Clarkson. John Collier. Hugh Costello. Herbert Leo Dewhurst. William Ellithorne. Richard Flowers. William Flynn. William Garth. Albert Gregson. William Hackett. Henry Hewitt. John Higginson. Joseph Hogarth. Thomas Holmes. John Howorth. L/C Richard Jackson. Richard Jackson. John Kenworthy. William Lang. Martin McAiney. Ernest Martland. Thomas McCur. James McDermott. Joseph McGovern. Thomas Mashiter. Edward O'Brien. Walter O'Brien. Thomas O'Neil. William Park. John Leo Roach. Joseph Rossall. L/C William Robinson. L/C Charles Ryan. William Albert Salisbury. Thomas Scott. L/C Frederick James Sharrock. James Simpson. Henry Singleton. John Smithson. Christopher Stewart. Albert Thorpe. Sergt.-Major Ephraim Turner. John Walmsley. Martin Leo Wall. Robert Watson. Frederick Whittaker. George Woodcock. L/C William Woods. John Wright. Francis Joseph Yates. ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS: William Smith. Henry Unsworth. William Wilson. ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS: Albert Helm. Thomas Richard Wareing. Richard Whittle. OTHER REGIMENTS: William Whittle, S.Gds. Thomas Morris, Rif. Brig. Edmund Reeder, Rif. Brig. Henry Brown, North'd. Fus. Sergt. John Taylor, Linc. R. 2nd Lieut. Francis Ignatius Turner, W.York R. George Rossall, W.York R. L/C John Gallagher, Ches.R. Richard Standing, Ches.R. Joseph O'Donnell, R.W.Fus. William Forbes, E.Surr.R. James Helm, E.Surr.R. John Robinson, W.Rid.R. Joseph Billington, R.Suss.R. John Hardiker, Hamps. R. John McCann, Black Watch. James Parry, R.Staff.R. John Bird, Gord. Highrs. George Hart, Arg. Suth'd. Highrs. William Singleton, R.War. R. SEPARATE RIGHT HAND PANEL: Henry Kitchen, Royal Navy. Gnr. Thomas Keefe, RFA. Gnr. John William Flanagan, RFA. Pte. Francis Whelan, C.Gds. Pte. Joseph McHale, KOSB. Pte. George Alfred Dickinson, E. Lancs. R. Pte. John Murphy, E. Lancs. R. Pte. Walter Brodie, Middlesex R. Pte. Archibald Hammond, Border R. Pte. Edward Joseph Taylor, Canad. Hdrs. SEPARATE LEFT HAND PANEL: Corp. Thomas Hooper MM, The Loyal R. Pte. James Robinson, The Loyal R. Pte Andrew Whittle, The Loyal R. Pte. Christopher Walsh, The Loyal R. Pte. Robert Kellett, The Loyal R. Pte. John Breakell, The Loyal R. Pte. William Bradley, The Loyal R. Pte. George Brown, The Loyal R. Pte. Henry Clitheroe, The Loyal R. Pte. Christopher Walker, The Loyal R. Pte. John James Higham, The Loyal R. Corp. William O'Brien, RASC.

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