Chorley soldier's relative's poignant visit to new memorial

After the fences came down today, people started visiting the site to look at the names on the panels.

Anne-Marie Clitherow in front of the new panel where her relative Hugh Durkin is remembered

Anne-Marie Clitherow in front of the new panel where her relative Hugh Durkin is remembered

One of the visitors was Anne-Marie Clitherow who looked at the name of her relative - Hugh Durkin who was on one of the three World War Two panels.

Sgt. Durkin from Standish Street in Chorley served with the 1st Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) and was killed in action in northern Germany on the 17th April 1945.

He is buried in Becklingen War Cemetery overlooking Luneburg Heath where, on the 4th May 1945, Field Marshal Montgomery accepted the German surrender.