
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Fylde
- Town
- Freckleton
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 10545
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Current location
At the rear of the church yard.
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH CHURCHYARD
Lytham Road
Freckleton
Fylde
Lancashire
PR4 1AA
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 42941 28965
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Calgary cross on two tier step, flanked by 2 stones left and right polished grey. The disaster is also commemorated by a plaque at the roadside commemorating it.
- Inscription
- SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ TWO TEACHERS/ 38 INFANT SCHOLARS/AND SEVEN CIVILIANS WHO LOST/ THEIR LIVES WHEN AN AMERICAN/ LIBERATOR BOMBER CRASHED/ DURING A THUNDER STORM/ AND DESTROYED A PART OF/ THE ADJOINING SCHOOL AND/ OTHER PROPERTY ON/ THE 23RD AUG 1944/ THIS MONUMENT/ WAS ERECTED OVER THEIR GRAVE/ BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ "IN GOD WE TRUST" Left Stone: TEACHERS/ (Names) SCHOLARS/ (Names) Right Stone: SCHOLARS (Names) CIVILIANS (Names) Roadside Commemorative Plaque: "This is the site of the village school where,/ on the 23rd August 1944, during a severe storm,/ an American bomber crashed with the loss of 61 lives."/ This includes 38 children, 2 teachers and/ 21 civilians and service personnel./ Always in Our Hearts
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 40
Served and returned: 0
Died: 40
Exact count: no
Information shown: occupation
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Unknown
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- Unknown
- 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
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