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Latitude: 53.5023 / 53°30'8"N
Longitude: -2.3852 / 2°23'6"W
OS Eastings: 374544
OS Northings: 400689
OS Grid: SD745006
Mapcode National: GBR CWSY.D8
Mapcode Global: WH988.B7FF
Plus Code: 9C5VGJ27+WW
Entry Name: Worsley War Memorial
Listing Date: 18 October 2016
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1438666
ID on this website: 101438666
Location: St Mark's Church, Worsley, Salford, Greater Manchester, M28
County: Salford
Electoral Ward/Division: Worsley
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Worsley
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester
Church of England Parish: Worsley St Mark
Church of England Diocese: Manchester
Tagged with: War memorial
First World War memorial, 1922.
MATERIALS: Cornish granite.
DESCRIPTION: Worsley War Memorial stands near the W door of the Church of St Mark (Grade I-listed) in Worsley, Salford. It consists of a Cornish granite cross fleury on a tapering octagonal shaft. The shaft rises from an octagonal plinth, which stands on a three-stepped base. The top two steps are octagonal, the lowest is square in plan. The plinth has a moulded cap and base and the names of the fallen are inscribed around its faces. The memorial stands in a square gravelled area surrounded by a stone kerb.
The principal dedicatory inscription is located on the front face of the plinth, in a gothic script. It reads REMEMBER/ BEFORE GOD/ THE GALLANT DEAD/ WHOSE NAMES/ ARE WRITTEN HERE/ THOUGH MANY LIE/ IN OTHER LANDS/ THEY FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 30 January 2017.
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
One such memorial was raised at Worsley as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. It commemorates 103 local servicemen who died during the conflict. The memorial was unveiled on 10 April 1922 by the Earl of Ellesmere. It was conserved in 2008.
Worsley War Memorial, which stands alongside the Church of St Mark, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the First World War;
* Architectural interest: an elegant memorial cross;
* Degree of survival: unusually the memorial has not been adapted for Second World War commemoration and thus retains its original design intent;
* Group value: with the Grade I-listed Church of St Mark.
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