Outside the church there is a memorial to workers from the local ICI works who fell in WW2.
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE UNDERMENTIONED NEWTON MEN WHO WERE EITHER KILLED OR DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE DURING THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS AS A TRIBUTE OF APPRECIATION FOR THEIR PATRIOTIC SELF-SACRIFICE. |
ATKINSON James AXON William BAYLEY James R BAYLEY Thomas BESWICK William D BLIZZARD George BOOTH Ernest A BOWER Lister BRADLEY Norman BRIDGE James CHADWICK Harold CLEGG William CLEWS John W CORDINGLEY James COX Thomas CROOKS James H | DARCY James DAVENPORT William A DRYLAND Leonard ETCHELLS David FLETCHER Raameh FOSBROOKE Tom GEE Edward T GRAY William J GRAYSON Thomas GUNNING Samuel GILL James HAND Thomas HELLIWELL Harry HEYWOOD Reuben | HOLT Herbert HOUGHTON Allen C HOUGHTON George JACKSON George KEIGHLEY William C KELLY Joseph LEAR George P LEES John LINDLEY Joseph LONG Walter LYNES James MATLEY Albert MATTOCKS Joseph MELLOR James MELLOR Samuel | METCALFE Charles L METCALFE Neville MULDOON James NEWTON Walter OGDEN James OLDHAM Charles OLDHAM Joseph PEMBERTON Wilfrid PROUDLOVE William REECE Squire REEVES Samuel ROACH Joseph ROBERTS John E ROBINSON Arthur ROBINSON Herbert | ROWBOTTOM Herbert SHAW Henry SHAW Robert SPEAKMAN Robert SHUTTLEWORTH Albert TAYLOR Harry TAYLOR William TURNER Alfred WALKER Joe WILDE Richard WILLS James WILSON Herbert WOOD Allen WOOD Ernest |
| THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS St JOHN XV 13 |
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IN HONOURED MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR
1939 - 1945
BESWICK George F BOARDMAN Edward J BOARDMAN William E BOOTES James E BRADBURN George COWLING Joe DOWNS Frank FENTON Dan H FOYSTER Fred | GUNNING Albert HUNT John SCOTT Jack SHAW George TAYLOR Jack TAYLOR Samuel WARDEN Thomas WIGLEY Horace WINTERBOTTOM Sam |
