Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Blackburn
- Town
- Blackburn
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 54845
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Current location
In storage
Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery
Museum Street
Blackburn
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB1 7AJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 68159 28341
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Greenfield Mill
Spring Vale
Darwen
Blackburn
Lancashire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Greenfield Mill
- Description
- Carved wooden wall-mounted board with foliate border with three panels of carved names.
- Inscription
- Centre: THE WORLD WAR / 1914-1918/ IN REMEMBRANCE / OF ALL WHO DIED/ GREENFIELD MILL/ (Names)/ Left and right panels: THEY ALSO SERVED/ WITH THE ARMED FORCES/ (Names) THEY DIED TO FOUND/ THE NOBLE WORLD /WHOSE WALLS OF / RIGHTEOUSNESS YE /ALONE CAN BUILD
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Almond, Henry
Ardis, John R C
Ardis, William J
Atherton, Joseph
Bury, Thomas
Calvey, Thomas
Catchpool, G
Chippendale, Thomas
Chippendale, William
Corder, T
See details for all 76 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 76
Served and returned: 66
Died: 10
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Board
- 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
- Lancashire Telegraph, 8 March 2017
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