Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Chapel: Dedicated within church building
- District
- Blackburn
- Town
- Blackburn
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- R Basnett Preston (Architect)
R MARTIN OF MANCHESTER (Architect)
Marshall and Dent (Builder) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 30 June 1921
Attended by: Colonel F Dixon DSO CMG - Dedicated
Date: 30 June 1921
Attended by: Revd Gordon Coe, Vicar - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 54834
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- Previous locations
- St Matthew's Church
Cambridge Street
Blackburn
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB1
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 689 277
Denomination: Church of England
- St Matthew's Church
- Description
- The War Memorial at this church was a Memorial Chapel with screen and a marble tablet with the names of the 135 men who lost their lives in the Great War. The screen, panelling, and doors were of Oak which was taken from a captured German cargo ship in 1915. The Screen consisted of an entrance, four three-light open windows, with a blank panel at either end. On the cornice were sixteen oak shields, eight on each side. The eight shields on the outside were inscribed with the names and emblems of the battlefields of Belgium, France, Gallipoli, Salonika, Egypt, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and the "Mighty Deep". The eight shields on the inside were inscribed with the badges of The King's Royal Rifle Corps, Northumberland Fusiliers, East Lancashires, Royal Artillery, Loyal North Lancashires, Lancashire Fusiliers, The King's Own and The Royal Navy. The painting of the shields etc., were carried out by students of the Technical College. A tablet of white marble in a large oak frame was inscribed with the dedication and names
- Inscription
- To The Glory Of God This Tablet Is Dedicated In Beloved Remembrance /Of The Men From This Church And Parish Who Laid Down Their Lives /In The Great War, 1914-1919./1914/[3 names]/1915/[27 names]/1916/[28 names]/1917/[40 names]/1918/[36 names]/1919/[2 names]/1920/[2 names]/Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Addison, Thomas
Almond, John
Alston, Walter
Anelay, John
Ashton, George
Aspin, John
Aspin, Thomas
Barcroft, Thomas E
Beardoe, William
Beckett, Clarence
See details for all 138 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 138
Served and returned: 0
Died: 138
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, year of death
Order of information: year of death THEN surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Chapel
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Screen
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Chapel
- Condition
- Costs
Memorial: £800
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Blackburn Times 2 July 1921
- Blackburn Weekly Telegraph 2 July 1921
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