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Memorial details

Memorial type
Painting / Print
District
Blackburn
Town
Blackburn
County
Lancashire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 3 February 1924
    Attended by: Mrs Kershaw
  • Dedicated
    Date: 3 February 1924
    Attended by: The Very Rev. Dean Power "conducted the service."
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Lost
Lost
WM Reference
90618

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    St Joseph's Church
    Audley Range
    Blackburn
    Blackburn
    Lancashire
    BB1 7TG
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SD 69350 27712
    Denomination: Roman Catholic
Description
The General Memorial at St. Joseph's was the renovation and decoration of the whole church and installation of electric lights the names of those killed were on a Memorial Painting. The work began early 1923 and was carried out by R. Nicholson, Associate of the Institution of British Decorators, of Preston and Longridge. The Memorial Painting was fixed in the Sacred Heart Chapel and took the form of a painting measuring 6ft by 4ft (1.8M by 1.2m). In the centre was the figure of Christ in the tomb and hovering above were two angles. The painting was oil on zinc. Underneath were seven Panels. The first represented a soldier's grave, copied from a photograph. The next five panels contained the names of the 80 men killed in the Great War. The last panel was a painting symbolising a sailor's grave, with a buoy bearing a laurel wreath. There was a figure of an angel on either side of the memorial. Underneath was the dedication
Inscription
As a token of their love and admiration, for their fellow/parishioners who made the supreme sacrifice for King/and country in the Great War of 1914-18, and in/gratitude to God for those who returned, the people/of St. Joseph' have renovated and decorated this Church/A.D. 1923.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Brennan, Thomas
Burgess, William
Burke, John Thomas
Burney, Daniel Joseph
Burney, Thomas
Callan, Michael
Calverley, William
Carter, John
Caton, John
Comaskey, James Senr.
See details for all 78 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 78
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 78
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Painting
    Measurements: height 1800mm, width 1200mm
    Materials: Paint - Oil
  • Electricial systems
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Blackburn Times 9 February 1924

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