Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Rossendale
Town
Waterfoot
County
Lancashire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: Saturday 21st March 1921 at 6:30
    Attended by: "Mr. Richard Holt, of Stacksteads, who has been a veritable mother to the Boys has graciously undertaken to unveil it." Speakers: Mr Alderman J H Lord JP, Miss A A Haworth, Rev J Shaw Brown and Rev J Morley Mills. .(Ref 1)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
86880

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Current location

Main Entrance
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
Glen Road
Waterfoot
Rossendale
Lancashire
BB4 7BJ
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 83733 21899
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • 1921 - c.2004
    Bethlehem Unitarian Sunday School
    Turnpike
    Waterfoot
    Rossendale
    Lanashire
    BB49DU
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SD 83576 22401
    Denomination: Unitarian
Description
A framed Roll of Honour representing a tablet with and oval area listing 27 members of the Church and Sunday School who died (cross reference WMR Reference 51494) and 83 members who served and returned. The tablet is flanked at the base with elaborate flowers and foliage.
Inscription
BETHLEHEM/ UNITARIAN/ CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL/ NEWCHURCH/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ IN MEMORIAM/ (27 Names)/ (followed by 83 Names)/ FOR FREEDOM/ AND PROGRESS/
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ashworth, Fred
Ashworth, George
Ashworth, Harold
Ashworth, John R
Ashworth, Ormerod
Ashworth, Roland
Ashworth, Samuel L
Barnes, Ben
Barnes, Ernest
Barnes, Frank
See details for all 110 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 110
    Served and returned: 83
    Died: 27
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: First name, middle name initial and surname
    Order of information: Fatalities listed alphabetically followed by served and returned listed alphabetically
Components
  • Undefined
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Paper
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Details: Bethlehem Unitarian Church and Sunday School
Reference

This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.

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