FRIENDS and relatives of Penketh and Sankey men who died fighting in the Second World War are being asked to put forward their names for a memorial plaque in time for Remembrance Day.

The brass plaque is to be installed on the outside wall of Penketh Library, Honiton Way, alongside an existing plaque which lists the names of those who died in the First World War.

Penketh Parish Council has compiled a list of 33 names of soldiers that are inscribed on a war memorial in St Mary's Church. These will be included on the new plaque.

But councillors are anxious to make sure nobody has been left out before they commission the work.

They are appealing to relatives of the fallen to help them complete their list in time for the plaque to be in place by Remembrance Day on November 11.

Linda Dirir, chairman of Penketh Parish Council, said: "We don't want to go ahead with the plaque, only to find we've missed out somebody's son or uncle. If people get in touch with us, we can have it amended.

"It would be nice to be able to have it completed by Remembrance Day, and if people respond in time, we might just make it. If not, the plaque will still be in place by Christmas," she said.

At the annual commemorative mass at St Mary's Church on Remembrance Sunday, the names of the fallen from both world wars are read out during the service.

The names already compiled are: Willis Acomb, Herbert M Atherton, John H Ball, Jack Belshaw, Eric G Bishop, Stanley Boden, Alfred Brimelow, John Cogan, George Davies, Arthur Dobson, Reginald Dobson, George M Eden, Thomas Gallimore, John M Haughton, George A Herbert, Joseph F Hughes, Kenneth W Hurley, Donald T Jackson, Ernest James, Ernest Leech, Thomas SC Proffitt, Denis Scragg, Dominick A Sherlock, Albert Skelhorn, Alfred Smith, John A Smyth, Alan G Stone, Herold E Tynan, Frederick Vowles, Ronald A Waring, William S Whalley, Charles Whitfield, James D Wilson.

If you know of any fallen soldier who is not included, contact Linda Dirir on 725584 or acting clerk Chris Haggett on 724008.

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