BACK
LINKS
MEMORIALS
RESOURCES
POSTCARDS
OTHER WARS
HOME

Newton-le-Willows and

Earlestown War Memorial
The Great War Roll of Honour
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Click on photos to enlarge. (A poppy means no photo available at the moment.) For further information, follow the blue hyperlinks. Many lead to external links over which this site has no control.

Emmanuel C of E Church, Wargrave

Tne marble plaque above the entrance to the chancel at Emmanual Church, Wargrave, reads:

This chancel was built in honoured memory of those connected with the parish church who gave their lives for their country 1914-1919.

Lieut Commander R. P. Kellett H.M.S. Flirt   Pte. Roy V. Eliason Aus Imp Force
Capt. C. Collingwood 4th S. Lancs Regt.   Pte. James B. Bowes 3rd Monmouth Regt.
Coms. S.G. Corlett 7th S. Lancs Regt.   Pte. Gilbert Harding 4th S. Lancs Regt.
Coms. F. Thornton 10th S.W. Borderers   Pte. Phillip H. Harrop 4th L'pool Regt.
Sergt. J. Hayes 18th Kings L'pool Regt   Pte. George Phythian 4th S. Lancs Regt.
Sergt. J. W. Saunders 4th S. Lancs Regt.   Pte. F. Bennett 5th Lancs & Yorks Regt.
Sergt. H. Eaves 18th Kings L'pool Regt   Pte. W. Tracey 2nd Lancs Fusiliers
Bombr. F. Walker Royal Field Artillery   Pte. Thomas C. Rutter 3rd Gordon HLI
1st A.M. Arthur Burns Royal Air Force   Pte. T. Morris Royal Army Medical Cps
L'Corp. Edwin Joseph 4th S. Lancs Regt.   Pte. Frederick Sumner 8th S. Lancs Regt.
L'Corp. H. Hamblett 4th S. Lancs Regt.   Pte. John Whammond 4th S. Lancs Regt.
L'Corp. John W. Fitton Royal Fusiliers   Pte. Willie Yates 4th S. Lancs Regt.
Sapper Peter Burns Royal Engineers   Pte. Alfred Makin L N Lancs Regt.
R.F.N. John Bennett 1st Monmouth Regt.   Pte. R. J. McGrath 2nd Lancs Fusiliers
Dvr. Oliver Clarke Royal Field Artillery   Pte. William A. Temple 2nd S. Lancs Regt.
Pte. James Barcroft Aus Imp Force      

All these were honoured in their generation and were the glory of their times.

£9000 was raised for the building of the chancel. The foundation stone was laid on 4th September 1925 by Mr. F. S. Whalley of the Vulcan Foundry, the building being consecrated by the Bishop of Liverpool a year later on 18th September 1926.

The church also has a memorial to "those connected with this Parish Church who served their country during the War of 1914-19."