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HUNCOAT |

Location:
The War Memorial is on a hill overlooking Huncoat off Higher Gate
OS ref: 103 SD779 303
Date: 29th April 1922
TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD
THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY
PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION AD1922
IN ETERNAL REMEBRANCE OF THE MEN
OF HUNCOAT WHO GAVES THEIR LIVES
FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"
There are 25 names recorded from the First World War and 6 from the Second World War
on a separate small plaque at the base of the cross.
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The names from WW2 are very faint
1939 - 1945
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M. DUCKWORTH J. JOHNSTONE L. KNOWLES B. TAYLOR F. WOOLMINGTON J. TAYLOR
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