Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Ribble Valley
Town
Simonstone
County
Lancashire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
10567

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Current location

On outside wall
St Peters CE School
School La
Simonstone
Ribble Valley
Lancashire
BH12 7HR
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 77521 34492
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Two classically styled stone tablets for WW1 and WW2 with a modern tablet added below the original WW1 tablet bearing additional names
Inscription
WW1 Tablet: TO THE GLORY AND / IN MEMORY OF THE MEN / FROM THIS TOWNSHIP, WHO / SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR, / THAT HONOUR / MIGHT LIVE. 1914 - 1919 / (Names) Additional WW1 Tablet: (Names) WW2 Tablet: TO THE GLORY AND / EVERLASTING MEMORY OF THE / MEN FROM THIS TOWNSHIP, / WHO SACRIFICED THEIR / LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR, / THAT HONOUR MIGHT LIVE. / 1939-1945 / (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bradshaw, Joseph
Breckell, Robert James
Haines, Cyril
Law, John
Parrington, Robert
Ravenscroft, William
Smithies, Eli
Thistlethwaite, Ernest
Yates, Gilbert
Yates, Thomas
See details for all 10 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 11
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 11
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank,regiment
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 6
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 6
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank,regiment,decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Centenary Commemoration report and pictures in: Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thurs, 20 November 2014, p23

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