Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Rossendale
- Town
- Edenfield
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 1900
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13255
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Current location
Parish Church
Market Street
Edenfield
Rossendale
Lancashire
BL0 0QD
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 79859 19809
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- WHEEL CROSS OF STONE WITH TAPERING SHAFT, on a tapering pedestal and a base. ST JOHN'S AMBULANCE BADGE AT CENTRE OF HEAD OF CROSS.
- Inscription
- In the wheel of the Cross-ST JOHN AMBULANCE/ BRIGADE In a Band on the Shaft of the Cross- EDENFIELD DIVISION On the Pedestal-To the Memory of/PRIVATE T H HAWORTH/NO 979 OF THE EDENFIELD/DIVISION OF THE ST JOHN'S AMBULANCE BRIGADE/WHO DIED IN THE/DISCHARGE OF HIS DUTY AT/PIETERMARITZBURG, SOUTH AFRICA/JULY 31 1900 On the Base-THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY/PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Howarth, T H
See details - Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, date of death,regiment,place of death,initials of forenames, relationships, additional
Order of information: Undefined
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Undefined
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Pedestal
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- 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
- Costs
Site: £105
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
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