Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Ribble Valley
- Town
- Clitheroe
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: August 1907
Attended by: MAYOR OF CLITHEROE
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 578
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Current location
On wall to the rear of the WW1 and WW2 Memorial.
Clitheroe Castle
31 Moor Lane
Clitheroe
Ribble Valley
Lancashire
BB7 1AZ
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 74246 41667
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Public Library
Clitheroe
Ribble Valley
Lancashire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Public Library
- Description
- Bronze plaque set into stone surround set into external wall of castle.
- Inscription
- THIS MEMORIAL WAS PLACED HERE BY / ALDERMAN J.T.WHIPP - MAYOR. / TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF HIS FELLOW TOWNSMEN WHO WENT / FROM THE BOROUGH OF CLITHEROE AND LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR / IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902. / (Names) / AND THE FOLLOWING VOLUNTEERS / FROM THE ST JOHNS (sic) AMBULANCE BRIGADE / (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alder, G. W.
Clitheroe, J.
Hanson, J.
Hutchinson, W.
Luddon, J.
O'neill, C.
Thompson, K.
Windle, T.
See details for all 8 names - Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,occupation
Order of information: Undefined
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Wall
Measurements: depth 21MM, height 3015MM, width 2015MM
Materials: Stone
- Plaque
- Listing information
- CLITHEROE CASTLE
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- 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
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