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THE COLLIERS WAR MEMORIAL WW1
​TOP OF AGECROFT ROAD
 


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The inscription above the slates reads:-
This Cross Was Erected By Andrew Knowles To The Memory Of The Brave Men
From Their Collieries Who Laid Down Their Lives For Their Country
​ A.D. 1914 - 1918
​There are nine slates each contains the following list of Men 
​J.W. ASHTON    J. ASTON    WILLIAM ALDRED
GEORGE HENRY ALLEN    MOSES ANDREWS    J.W. ATKINSON
GEORGE ASPDEN    JOHN BERRY    C.W. BROUGH
DAVID BETTRESS    JOHN BROAD HURST    WILLIAM BARBER
HERBERT BARNES    HENRY BARNES    JAMES BARNES
WILLIAM BARNES    HARRY BARNES    A. BOOTH
CHARLES P. BOOTH    HAROLD BOOTH    SAMUEL BOYDELL

JAMES BRETT    FRANK BARRY

A. BRACEGIRDLE    J. H. BUCKLEY    ROBERT BENNETT
SAMUEL COOPER    WILLIAM COOPER    RICHARD COOPER
JAMES COWIE    JAMES CONNOLLY    WILLIAM CONNOLLY
JAMES CORFIELD    OLIVER CARR    JAMES H. COLLINS
JAMES CHAPMAN    FRANK COMERFORD    J. CHORLTON
THOMAS CULLEN    JAMES COLLIER    HAROLD CARTMAN
H. DICKMAN    HERBERT DICKMAN    MICK DOWD

FRANK DILLON    A. DOLAN

GEORGE DRINKWATER    J. DOWNING    ALFRED DEAN
ROBERT DEAN    EDWARD DUNNING    JOSEPH EDGERTON
MAJOR EASTWOOD    JOHN OWEN EVANS    JOHN EVANS
FRED EATON    JOHN EDGE    JAMES ELLIS
GLENDILL ELLIS    J.T. FINNEY    MATTHEW FARRER
THOMAS FEENEY    JOSEPH FELTON    HAROLD FERGUSON
THOMAS GREENHALGH    E. M. GREEN    RICHARD GRIMSHAW
​ALBERT GEORGE    WALTER GLOVER    JOSEPH GLOVER

JOSEPH GIBSON    JAMES GORING    E. GOULD
W.H. HUGHES    RICHARD HARRIS    WILLIAM HARRISON
G. HEWSON    FRANK HEATON    ARTHUR ELLIS HARDMAN
DAN HANNAN    ARTHUF HIGGING    WILLIAM HIGGINS
A. W. HODGKINSON    JOHN HOLDEN    ELLIS JAMESON
J. JARVIS    JAMES JENKINS    RICHARD JONES
THOMAS HENRY JONES    JOSEPH JONES    WILLIAM JONES

PERCY JOHNSON    HENRY LAVERY

ANDREW LEARY    JAMES LENORD    JAMES HENRY LENORD
WTIGHT LINDARD    WILLIAM LORD    GEORGE LYNO
W. LAYON    AMOS LEWIS    JAMES W. LEWIS
SAMUEL LEWIS    J. LYNCH    JOHN MACK
JAMES AMLLOY (CAUFIELD)    CHARLES MARTIN    HAROLD MEESON
J. MCCANN    DAN MAYO    JAMES MAYO
EDWARD MORRIN    WALTER MCDERMOTT    GEORGE MCDERMOTT
​
ALFRED MATTHEWS    GEORGE MEREDITH    WILLIAM MIDDLETON

​CHARLES MORRIS    WILLIAM MORRIS    THOMAS MULLINER
A. NEILD    THOMAS OLDFIELD    DAVID OWEN
FRED PEE    SAMUEL PEERS    WALTER PARR
HY PEACHEY    SAMUEL POTTS    T. H. B. POTTER
SAMUEL PRICE    J. W. PRYER    WILLIAM PROBERTS
THOMAS PARKINSON    EDWARD RYDINGS    JAMES RYDER
ANDREW RICHARDSON    J. RICHARDSON    THOMAS RODGERS
EDWARD RIGBY    THOMAS RIGBY

​THOMAS ROBERTS    WILLIAM ROBERTS    ALBERT RAWSON
J. RUDDICK    CECIL RHODES    JOSEPH THOMAS SANDERS
FRANK SEDDON    JOHN SMITH    F. E. SMITH
CHARLES STONEHOUSE    WILLIAM SHAW    DAVID SHEEN
J. W. SIDDALL    JOSEPH SUTTON    HY SCHOFIELD
DAVID SINCLAIR    SAM STOREY    S. H. TATE
JOSEPH TAYLOR    SAM TAYLOR    JOHN TOOLAN

THOMAS TOOLAN    RICHARD THOMAS    PERCY THORNLEY

FRED TYAN    NORMAN TOMPKINS    ALFRED VERNON
JOSEPH WALKER    HENRY WALLWORK    WALTER WALLWORK
WILLIAM WILD    A. W. WILLCOCK    JAMES WILCOCK
ANDREW WINNARD    EDWARD WINSTANLEY    ALEC WITHERS
GEORGE WRAY    J. T. WRAY    ISIAH WILKES
ARTHUR WILLIAMS    THOMAS WILLIAMS    JOE ARNOLD
HARRY BAILEY    A. BASSON    PETER COSGROVE

?? COWIE    THOMAS ??    EDWARD FLYNN
T. H. GRUNDY    W. S. A. HOLT    LEONARD HOMER
ROWLAND JONES    THOMAS DANIEL KELLY
HERBERT KIRTON    ?? LOCKWOOD    WILLIAM MCGURK
STEPHEN MORRIS    J. H . PARTINGTON    JOSEPH PARTON
J. H. POTTER    ERNEST RIGBY    JOHN R. SMITH
JOHN THORPE    WILLIAM SHAW

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Photo credit to The Journal
On the day of unveiling the Journal reported as follows:-
The memorial erected by Andrew Knowles and Sons Limited. 
In memory of the men employed at their collieries who fell in the war was unveiled and dedicated on Tuesday afternoon.
The ceremony was simple, but impressive, and was witnessed by a crowd of between 2,000 and 3,000 people. Perhaps no more suitable spot in Pendlebury could have been selected for a memorial of this special character. From the top of Smithy Brow, where out of its junction with Bolton Road a spacious semi circular recess has been formed for the erection, is a view of the Lancashire collieries seen. 
In the immediate foreground are the shafts and winding gear of the Agecroft and Clifton Hall Collieries and beyond, looking across the Irwell Valley are many grim symbols of Lancashire Industrialism.
It is a spot also which will be passed and repassed hundreds of times in the days to come by thousands of miners as they go to and from their hazardous calling, just as many of the men whose memories are enshrined in the memorial must have passed before they were called from the mine to fight for their country.
Within the recess, on a stone paved platform, has been erected a handsome cross from a design by Sir Charles Nicholson. It is of Derbyshire stone and stands 18ft high, rising from a plinth of four steps.
The only inscription on the cross itself is in the words on the plinth. 
"Lest We Forget" 
But a few feet behind and built into the wall, is an entablature of stone inscription: "This cross was erected by Andrew Knowles and Sons, Limited to, the memory of the brave men from their collieries who laid down their lives in the service of their country.
A.D. 1914-1918
Below this are eight slate tablets upon which are inscribed the names of about 200 men. Among the crowd were many of the fellow workers of these men, some of whom, no doubt had been their comrades in the battlefield as well as in the mine. It was evident too, that many especially among the sombre-garled women, were near relatives, for there were evidence of emotions which would not be restrained.
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Among the directors of the firm present were the chairman (Mr. Robert Knowles) to whom the ceremony of the unveiling was assigned. Mr Arthur Knowles, Mr H. S. Marshall, Mr F.F. Mailv, and Brig-General Le Marchant: Mr J. T. Browne (general manager) Mr. T. Greenhall, J.P. (President, Lancashire and Cheshire Miners’ Association) and Mr J. H. Sutton (Local Miners’ Agent). There was also present a bugle party from the Lancashire Fusiliers. 

Mr. Robert Knowles said on the day:-
The monument is dedicated to the memory of the men employed by the firm, who fell, and they called upon one and all to help to protect it, so that it might remain something nice to look upon in glorious remembrance of brave men. ​
Long may the memorial remain where it is.
It is also an historical reminder to our local coal industry where the men all worked so hard.
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