Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Blackburn
- Town
- Darwen
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 6 November 1921
Attended by: Revd A Botterill - Dedicated
Date: 6 November 1921
Attended by: Revd A Botterill - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42311
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Current location
Right Side of Main Altar. This Church was formerly known as Holy Trinity until St Peter's Church was formed by merger of 3 parishes in the 1970's
St Peter's Church
Bank Street
Darwen
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB3 3HE
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 69435 22225
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- WHITE MARBLE TABLET WITH CARVED ANGEL ON THE LEFT
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE CHURCH/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1918./ (Names)/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, Lenis
Alston, Ben
Armstrong, Robert
Ashworth, John
Aspin, James
Astbury, William T
Barker, Percy
Beckett, John J
Bending, William
Bentley, Harold
See details for all 140 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 140
Served and returned: 0
Died: 140
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 1550MM, width 2035MM
Materials: Marble - White
- Tablet
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Darwen News 12 November 1921
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