Earlestown War Memorial

[Kitchener's Bugle]

The War Memorial, alongside the Earlestown Town Hall, was erected to perpetuate the names of those men from Newton-in-Makerfield who volunteered for the front and served in South Africa during the Boer War. The memorial was unveiled by Lord Newton on April 29th, 1905.

This memorial is a fine example of a memorial that was built for a particular conflict (Boar War) and then plaques were subsequently added for the Great War and then for WW2.

[le200]

There is a website dedicated to identifying the casualties on the Earleston War Memorial:

http://www.webring.org/l/rd?ring=britmil;id=187;url=http%3A%2F%2Fnlwmemorial.tripod.com%2Fnlwmemorial%2F

You may need to click the link twice as it directs to the hosts sometimes.

[Ian Riley]

Thanks very much. The memorial overlooks the market square and it brings back memories of nearly 35 years of occasional market day checks on the stalls for truanting kids at work and coercing them back to the classroom.

My friend, John Pindar, set up the Earlestown Memorial website and it is interesting how many names on the memorials for both World Wars, some quite unusual, match the names of families I have taught in recent times. Newton and Earlestown are quite like that with 'old families' that have been there for several generations based on the pits, the Vulcan locomotive works and firms such as McCorquodale's (printers) now departed.

Ian

[Guest]

I am trying to source validation of my Earlestown born mother’s memory of a German fighter strafing and killing children in a local playground in the early forties. I would appreciate any help.

Professor T Curtis

[steandpaula]

Hi, don't recall any mention of a fighter strafing kids in Earlestown, bit far north for a 109 as well I would think, but found this http://aircrashsites.co.uk/britain-at-war/nov-23-1940c/

[DavidOwen]

On 27/04/2019 at 14:24, Professor T Curtis said:

I am trying to source validation of my Earlestown born mother’s memory of a German fighter strafing and killing children in a local playground in the early forties. I would appreciate any help.

Professor T Curtis

You need to pose your question in a ww2 forum - this forum is for Great War issues.

Try www.ww2talk.com