{"id":2678,"date":"2026-01-09T14:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2678"},"modified":"2026-03-20T14:24:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:24:54","slug":"bowers-allerton-great-preston-and-hollinhurst-districts-war-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2678","title":{"rendered":"Bowers Allerton, Great Preston and Hollinhurst districts War Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>BOWERS ALLERTON<br>GREAT PRESTON<br>AND<br>HOLLINGHURST<br>DISTRICTS<br>WAR MEMORIAL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-13-1024x968.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-13-1024x968.png 1024w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-13-300x284.png 300w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-13-768x726.png 768w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-13-1536x1452.png 1536w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-13.png 1687w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"946\" src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-14-1024x946.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-14-1024x946.png 1024w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-14-300x277.png 300w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-14-768x710.png 768w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-14-1536x1419.png 1536w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-14.png 1720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>TO THE<br>GLORY OF GOD<br>IN LOVING MEMORY<br>OF THOSE WHO GAVE<br>THEIR LIVES<br>IN THE GREAT WAR<br>1914 &#8211; 1918<br>FROM THESE DISTRICTS<br>ALSO<br>1939 &#8211; 1945<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">CHALES WARMITAGE<br>ERNEST BELL<br>CHARLES BOOTH<br>TED BROOK<br>WILLIAM BUTTERWORTH<br>JAMES CLAY<br>HAYON COLLINSON<br>ABRAHAM COOPER<br>FREDRICK W. ELSWORTH<br>RICHARD FISHER<br>JOHN GILBERT<br>WILLIAM HALL<br>EDMUND MILLS<br>JAMES TOES<br>ARNOLD WHITWORTH<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">PATRICK HESSION<br>PETER HESSION<br>ERNEST HOYLE<br>WILLIAM LLOYD<br>JOHN MILLER<br>PETER MILLS<br>AARON PONDER<br>ALBERT PRITCHARD<br>JAMES SCOTT<br>EDWARD STAINSBY<br>GEORGE SMITH<br>HAROLD VARLY<br>ERNEST SHARP<br>JACK COOPER<br>LAWRENCE JONES<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-51.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-51.png 940w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-51-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-51-768x369.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOWERS ALLERTONGREAT PRESTONANDHOLLINGHURSTDISTRICTSWAR MEMORIAL TO THEGLORY OF GODIN LOVING MEMORYOF THOSE WHO GAVETHEIR LIVESIN THE GREAT WAR1914 &#8211; 1918FROM THESE DISTRICTSALSO1939 &#8211; 1945 CHALES WARMITAGEERNEST BELLCHARLES BOOTHTED BROOKWILLIAM BUTTERWORTHJAMES CLAYHAYON COLLINSONABRAHAM COOPERFREDRICK W. ELSWORTHRICHARD FISHERJOHN GILBERTWILLIAM HALLEDMUND MILLSJAMES TOESARNOLD WHITWORTH PATRICK HESSIONPETER HESSIONERNEST HOYLEWILLIAM LLOYDJOHN MILLERPETER MILLSAARON PONDERALBERT PRITCHARDJAMES SCOTTEDWARD STAINSBYGEORGE SMITHHAROLD VARLYERNEST SHARPJACK COOPERLAWRENCE [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[112,114],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[102,99],"class_list":["post-2678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bowers-allerton-gt-preston-hollinhurst","category-war-memorial-bowers-allerton-gt-preston-hollinhurst","author-kd1","author-johndicko"],"authors":[{"term_id":102,"user_id":8,"is_guest":0,"slug":"kd1","display_name":"Keith Dickinson","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/120a4bcce7a9f07029d63bb1ed2f984b11d752a6ad85e0013cb6f3d5ec3e9eed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""},{"term_id":99,"user_id":54,"is_guest":0,"slug":"johndicko","display_name":"John Dickinson","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a224801644b7942a49296e693f7d1718d961accc85d237b0a82cc3567c61be1c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2678"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2683,"href":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2678\/revisions\/2683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2678"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=2678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}