THE COLLIERS WAR MEMORIAL WW1
TOP OF AGECROFT ROAD
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It is also an historical reminder to our local coal industry where the men all worked so hard.
