Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Blackburn
- Town
- Darwen
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 29 August 1920
Attended by: Revd Hamilton Jack - Unveiled
Date: 29 August 1920
Attended by: Revd Hamilton Jack - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18587
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Current location
167-181
Central United Reform Church
Duckworth Street
Darwen
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB3 1AT
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 69057 22539
Denomination: United Reformed
- Description
- Rectangular-headed brass plaque mounted onto an oak backboard. Incised inscription in black lettering with single line border around each section of text. Cross flanked by foliate design at the top centre of the plaque
- Inscription
- 1914 1918 / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF THE / GALLANT MEN OF THIS CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR JUSTICE / TRUTH AND LIBERTY IN THE GREAT WAR / (NAMES) / THIS TABLET WAS ADDED TO THE EXISTING WAR MEMORIAL IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR. / (NAMES) / THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT / THEIR BODIES ARE BURIED IN PEACE BUT THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE / 1939 - 1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ashton, Ralph S
Cocker, Moses
Duxbury, James
Eccles, Edgar E
Eccles, Ralph
Eccles, R Thomas
Entwisle, Albert
Entwisle, Joseph
Hall, Thomas
Hall, William
See details for all 35 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 33
Served and returned: 0
Died: 33
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname, decorations, regiment
Order of information: surname, forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname
Order of information: surname, forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: depth 40MM, height 440MM, width 1420MM
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- History
- 1996: RENOVATED AND RE-MOUNTED ON A NEW OAK BOARD
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- CHURCH AUTHORITIES
- Reference
- Central United Reform Church, Darwen www.centralurcdarwen.org.uk/index.htm
- Blackburn Weekly Telegraph 17 January 1920
- Blackburn Times 4 September 1920
- Darwen Gazette 4 September 1920
- Darwen Advertiser 17 January and 3 September 1920
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