Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Blackburn
- Town
- Edgworth
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18586
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Current location
148
Edgworth Methodist Church
Bolton Road
Edgworth
Blackburn
Lancashire
BL7 0AH
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 73904 16279
Denomination: Methodist
- Previous locations
- Entwistle Methodist Church (redundant)
Entwistle
Blackburn
Lancashire
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 720 170
Denomination: Methodist
- Entwistle Methodist Church (redundant)
- Description
- Brass plaque with incised inscription. Small framed caption below giving history of relocation.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL AND LOVING MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THE CHURCH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR AND ALSO THOSE WHO SERVED / SERVED / (Names)/ 1914 - 1918/ FALLEN / (Names) / SERVED / (Names) / THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVER Caption: THIS TABLET (sic) IS IN MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / AND ALSO THOSE WHO SERVED / IN THE GREAT WAR AND WAS / PLACED HERE ON THE CLOSURE OF / ENTWISTLE METHODIST /CHURCH 1963
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Cooper, J
Crowther, R
Davies, J
Duckworth, W
Embra, E
Embra, T
Haslam, J
Hastings, N C
Hayward, H
Hayward, John
See details for all 22 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 22
Served and returned: 18
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, initial
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 18", width 24"
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- 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
- Entwistle Methodist Church - WWI
- WMO ID: 256950
- Condition: Good [last updated on 28-04-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- EDGWORTH METHODIST CHURCH
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