Pals Trustees John Garwood and Steve Williams (centre left) with Commonwealth War Graves Commission officials Richard Kellaway CBE and Alan Meale MP (right holding book).
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) have agreed to supply the Portland limestone for the memorial as well as engrave the 222 names onto the plinth.
The stone will quarried in England and sent to the CWGC facility at Arras in northern France to have the names engraved on the specially designed panels.
The deal was set up by the charity’s Chairman, Chorley M.P. Lindsay Hoyle, and finalised by Secretary Steve Williams at a meeting with CWGC officials in Chorley at the end of July.
