WIGAN WALLGATE STATION WAR MEMORIAL

Introduction

The First World War memorial depicted was advertised for sale on eBay and purchased by a member of the Great War Forum on 9 June 2010. Members of the forum determined that it commemorated eleven employees of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) based in Wigan and initiated preliminary military research.

The memorial is officially registered with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) as the 'Wigan Wallgate Station War Memorial'. The Great War commenced for Great Britain on 4 August 1914 and although hostilities ceased with the signing of the Armistice, which ended fighting on 11 November 1918, the First World War did not end officially until the Treaty of Versailles was signed on 28 June 1919.

The tablet commemorates ten employees of the L&YR who died during the above dates and were eligible for military funerals and commemorations plus one other who died later out of service, due to wounds or sickness suffered during the conflict.



https://www.wiganlocalhistory.org/articles/wigan-wallgate-station-war-memorial

What brilliant historical reading,and a big thanks to all concerned.