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Wigan Cricket Club War Memorial
Wigan Cricket Club War Memorial
Photo: Rev David Long
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Item #: 30755
On a landing of the stairs at the north end of the Sports Club. Main panel, WW1, lower panel, WW2.

Comment by: Philip G. on 23rd September 2018 at 11:02

We won't see a finer hue for the names of these lads.

Comment by: Pete Barker on 23rd September 2018 at 20:01

The 5th Battalion Manchester Regiment were mostly Wigan lads. They camped near me at Hollingworth lake near Rochdale in late 1914. The 5th, 7th and 8th Battalions of the Manchesters then all embarked for Gallipoli where they went into action in 1915. Not many came back.

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