Chorley & District Armed Forces Community

Here for Chorley & District Veterans, Serving members, Cadets and supporters of the Armed Forces (UK), to share news, keep in touch and seek support if needed.

[Stuart A Clewlow @StuartAClewlow]

During #WW2 Chorley packed bombs and bullets for the military. 85 years later #Chorley now packs humanitarian aid and supplies for #Ukraine. Supporters can now clock on using the actual WW2 time recorder used at Royal Ordnance Factory Chorley.
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#ukraineunit @DefenceU

[Stuart A Clewlow @StuartAClewlow]

A rare photo of a Canary Girl at @ROFChorley, hard at work during #WW2. She is shown hand filling 40mm shells. No gloves, no PPE, no wonder they earned their nickname, being stained by the chemicals.
#chorley #Lancashire #buckshaw #canarygirls #rofchorley #royalordnancefactory

[Stuart A Clewlow @StuartAClewlow]

It's been an honour to serve #Adlington as Town Mayor for 2025-26. My Mayoral charitable effort was to raise funds in support of the restoration of St Paul’s War Memorial Tower & Bells. It was a pleasure to announce this morning a total of £5,240.21 🇬🇧
#Chorley @WarMemorials

[Stuart A Clewlow @StuartAClewlow]

Yesterday we acknowledged the 81st anniversary of VE Day. This image is a parade marching from what was the Royal British Legion Club off Water Street, #Chorley. Most of the men shown were #WW2 veterans.
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#Lancashire #localhistory #wewillrememberthem #armedforcescommunity

[Stuart A Clewlow @StuartAClewlow]

Today we acknowledge the 81st anniversary of VE Day - Victory in Europe 1945. The old image below is a parade marching down Railway Road in #Adlington. All of the men shown are wartime veterans, with at least two of them also being veterans of WW1.
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#Chorley #Lancashire #VEDay

[Stuart A Clewlow @StuartAClewlow]

I'm really pleased to have brought home another Chorley man's #WW1 medal. Better still, a #Chorley 'Terrier' of 1st/4th Bn, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment - Arthur Wealthy (1896-1968) 🫡
#Lancashire #localhistory #victorymedal #lnlr #loyalnorthlancashire
@LANCS_REGT

[Stuart A Clewlow @StuartAClewlow]

Flowers in Bloom at the Adlington & District War Memorial, Lancashire
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#Adlington #Chorley #Lancashire
#warmemorial #localhistory #armedforcescommunity

[Stuart A Clewlow @StuartAClewlow]

This image shows St Paul's Church #Adlington before and after the construction of the War Memorial Tower. Im raising funds in support of the restoration of the War Memorial Tower. Find out more and donate online by clicking ⬇️
https://t.co/EvCbsfFmWd
#lancashire #warmemorial

[Stuart A Clewlow @StuartAClewlow]

The "Chorley Grenade" that used to be made at ROF Chorley (Buckshaw Village).
#rofchorley #royalordnancefactory #chorley #Lancashire #localhistory #Grenade

[Stuart A Clewlow @StuartAClewlow]

Chorley Royal British Legion is delighted to announce that thanks to the generosity from our community the local Poppy Appeal 2025 raised a total of: £38,967.63 🫡
Well done everyone and thank you.
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#Chorley #Lancashire #royalbritishlegion #poppyappeal
@PoppyLegion

[Stuart A Clewlow @StuartAClewlow]

I've been able to acquire another pair of World War Two medals earned by a #Chorley man. Mr Critchley of Brown Street may have worked as a mechanic for the Fleet Air Arm. He earned the Defence Medal & 1939-45 War Medal.
#Lancashire #localhistory #fleetairarm #WW2medals

[Stuart A Clewlow @StuartAClewlow]

On this day 111 years ago, just over 200 men of the 'Chorley Pals' (East Lancashire Regiment) marched through #Chorley and left to continue with training in Wales before eventually heading to the trenches of France.
#Lancashire #localhistory #armedforcescommunity #accringtonpals

[Stuart A Clewlow @StuartAClewlow]

It was an honour to represent #Adlington at a special service at Blackburn Cathedral, to commemorate the 35th anniversary of Operation Granby and Liberation of Kuwait. Op Grandy involved 53,462 British service personnel - 47 made the Ultimate Sacrifice.
#Chorley #opgranby

[Stuart A Clewlow @StuartAClewlow]

A view inside the War Memorial Tower at St Paul's Church in #Adlington. You can see clock faces and clock mechanism. The whole tower needs renovation and I am still raising funds in support ⬇️
https://t.co/EvCbsfFmWd
#warmemorial #Lancashire #churchbells #localhistory #Chorley

[Stuart A Clewlow @StuartAClewlow]

Wartime paperwork from the Royal Ordnance Factory Chorley Training Department on the Setting Out of Workshops - 1942.
#WW2 #rof #rofchorley #royalordnancefactory #Chorley #Lancashire #localhistory
@ROFChorley

[Stuart A Clewlow @StuartAClewlow]

Do you need a Standard and Standard Bearer for a Veteran’s funeral, a public event, a church service, etc? We would be happy to help and ask for nothing in return.
Contact Glyn:
📨 [email protected]
📱 07495 020077
#Chorley #Lancashire #armedforcescommunity
#standardbearer

[Stuart A Clewlow @StuartAClewlow]

Ive been able to acquire the Memorial Scroll for #Chorley Pal, Pte Pilkington. He died in 1917. The scroll now joins his medals already in my collection. Interestingly, I also have the Memorial Scroll of Pte Proctor, George's next door neighbour.
#chorleypal #accringtonpals #WW1

[Stuart A Clewlow @StuartAClewlow]

'Chorley & District' Ambulance 110 years apart! Top pic shows Ambulances in town before going to France in #WW1. Bottom shows another 'Chorley & District' #Ambulance before going out to serve in #Ukraine
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https://t.co/BWKb2h3w7u
#ukraineunit #Chorley #Lancashire
#Ambulance

[Chorley & District Armed Forces Community @ChorleyForces]

☎️ Some useful numbers and email addresses of dedicated services for the Armed Forces Community 📨
Chorley & District Armed Forces Community
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#Chorley #Lancashire #Veterans #armedforcescommunity #support

[Stuart A Clewlow @StuartAClewlow]

The #Dunkirk Medal (Médaille Dunkerque) - an unofficial French commemorative medal, established in 1960, to honour those who defended and were evacuated from the port during Op Dynamo in Spring 1940. A number from #Chorley & District were eligible.
#localhistory #ww2 #medals