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Bolton's Fallen Heroes: Uncovering the Lost War Memorials

Discover the comprehensive Memorial Database of Bolton's Roll of Honour, CWGC index, local newspapers, war memorials, and more. Explore the stories of individual soldiers and access the database at the Bolton History Centre.

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Bolton's Fallen Heroes: Uncovering the Lost War Memorials

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  1. Memorial Database • Bolton’s Roll of Honour, • CWGC index • Local newspapers • Local war memorials • Ancestry • Find My Past • School and Church Histories • Parish magazines • Local Knowledge

  2. Commonwealth War Graves Index

  3. Bolton and the First World War War Memorials Project • Local newspapers ran a special page each issue detailing the news from the front, listing the awards and medals won, those missing in action and those who were killed. • A short biography included such information as when and where they enrolled in the services, their school or former place of employment, and whether they were single or married and place of worship. • Once the information has been gathered, the database will be accessible in the Bolton History Centre.

  4. Lost War Memorial-Found!

  5. St Marks Church Bolton

  6. Brownlow Fold School WW1 Roll of Honour Lost Memorials-Found!

  7. Independent Methodist Chapel, Ellesmere St, Farnworth

  8. Albert Place Methodist Church

  9. Restored

  10. Information on individual soldiers

  11. Trinity Methodist Tonge Moor

  12. St James’s Church Breightmet WW1 War Memorial

  13. Bolton Museum Webpage

  14. War Memorials Online

  15. Bolton and the First World War • GM:1914 a joint volunteer project between the archives and local studies services across Greater Manchester. http://gm1914.wordpress.com • Volunteers have written short blogs regarding First World War material we hold. Different stories will appear online each week.

  16. What was Morris Heaton’s Story?

  17. Found and no longer lost

  18. War Memorials Information • IWM Memorials http://www.ukniwm.org.uk • CWGC http://www.cwgc.org • War memorials Online https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk • Bolton Museum http://www.boltonlams.co.uk/archives/first-world-war-centenary • GM:1914 http://gm1914.wordpress.com

  19. www.boltonremembers.org Thank you archives@bolton.gov.uk julie.lamara@bolton.gov.uk

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