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No.5 Moor Pit War Memorial
Photo: Rev David Long
Photo: Rev David Long
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Item #: 32924
Item #: 32924
Carol Littler's image of the pit plaque for No.5 Moor Pit, Aspull (subject of today's - 9/2/2021 - Photo-a-Day). It is in the Royal British Legion Club across Scot Lane from the site of the pit.
The first name on the list is that of Lt. George Stanley James, one of the four sons of the Vicar of Haigh who were killed in the Great War. He was Assistant Manager at the pit, and was killed, alongside many miners from Wigan, with the 1st/5th Manchesters at Gallipoli.
The first name on the list is that of Lt. George Stanley James, one of the four sons of the Vicar of Haigh who were killed in the Great War. He was Assistant Manager at the pit, and was killed, alongside many miners from Wigan, with the 1st/5th Manchesters at Gallipoli.
Comment by: Edna on 9th February 2021 at 14:54
What a nice memorial,to be kept in The Royal British Legion, of the miners killed in the first World War, they should never be forgotten.
Sadly, Edna, they were forgotten. Two of the 19 plaques installed at the works and pits of the Wigan Coal and Iron Company have simply disappeared (for Meadow Pit at Haigh and Alexandra/Lindsay Pits at Whelley), and others seem to have survived by chance rather than intent.
Comment by: James Hanson on 9th February 2021 at 21:26
Alexandra Pit was in Haigh.
Comment by: Edna on 9th February 2021 at 21:28
That is so sad, Rev Long Especially when they beare names of people who have died in World Wars.It makes one wonder, what happens to them!!
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