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Like many Lancashire mill towns, Bolton and the surrounding areas (Farnworth, Horwich, Kearsley) lost many men during the Great War. This shows with the number of memorials in the Borough. The main Memorial for Bolton is in Victoria Square, opposite the Town Hall. The memorial commemorates the people of Bolton lost during the First World War, and was unveiled on July 4th 1928 by the then Earl of Derby. Further inscriptions were added after the Second World War, and the bronze figures were added in 1933. |
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The small memorial in farnworth shows that still today these points of rememberence are valued. The Farnworth memorial was rededicated in 2005, by the HRH the Duke of Gloucester. The Bolton Evening News reported at the time - Duke of Gloucester at war memorial ceremony From the Bolton Evening News, first published Wednesday 27th Apr 2005. THE Duke of Gloucester visited Farnworth on Wednesday for the rededication of the war memorial. Scores of war veterans were watching the ceremony in Farnworth Park. Buckingham Palace said the 51-year-old Duke, who is the grandson of King George V and a first cousin to the Queen, was visiting Farnworth as part of a wider tour of Greater Manchester. Local councillors requested the royal visit to rededicate the memorial after repairs following repeated attacks of vandalism. Wooden plaques bearing the names of Farnworth's dead were sawn off by thieves (in the NMBS opinion Vermin and Scum) and stolen. Farnworth councillor Noel Spencer said: "We are delighted that the Duke of Gloucester will be visiting the town. "It will be a great boost for the people of Farnworth, a fitting tribute to those veterans who lost their lives serving their country." |
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The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) (until 1921 known as The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment) was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army from 1881 to 1970. The regiment's lineage is continued by The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment. The regiment was formed as part of the Childers reforms by the amalgamation of the 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot, 81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of Foot, 3rd Duke of Lancaster's Own Royal Lancashire Militia and the 11th and 14th Lanacashire Rifle Volunteer Corps. The Loyals were one of seven county regiments recruiting in Lancashire. The depot was at Preston, and the regimental district also included the towns of Bolton, Chorley, Farnworth, Hindley. The regiment also recruited in the Isle of Man. Below is the memorial in Queen's Park in Bolton to the Loyal's. Lower down is a personal tribute to Richard Scroggs who served in the Loyal's and died just after the Great War ended. |
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Bromley Cross memorial is a beautiful memorial, but recently has seen its own battles. The first was to have the name of a Falklands War casulty, John Stroud placed on the memorial (you can see the name of John at the bottom) After a large battle the family finally got John's name (rightfully) placed on the memorial. The Bolton Evening News Reported - THE family of a sailor killed in the Falklands War is campaigning to have his name added to a war memorial, 25 years after his death. Royal Navy steward John Stroud, aged 20, was one of 13 sailors killed when HMS Glamorgan, was struck by an Argentinian missile during the 1982 conflict. Now his widow, Jean Stroud-Mort, and son John-Paul, who was only eight months old when his father died, are hoping Bolton Council will grant their wish to see his name engraved on Dunscar war memorial, Blackburn Road. It was only witgh pressure from the family and the fact that Bolton's neighbour council had placed two Falklands dead on their memorial that Bolton council relented. |
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