Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Processional cross
- District
- Rossendale
- Town
- Helmshore
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18702
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Current location
St Thomas Church
Helmshore Road
Helmshore
Rossendale
Lancashire
BB4 4JS
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 78290 21245
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Processional Cross
- Inscription
- BY THIS SIGN THE PEOPLE OF ST THOMAS, MUSBURY, REMEMBER THE MEN OF THEIR PARISH WHO DIED IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 (Exact spacing unknown)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Appleton, Irvin
Bury, John Richard
Gavin, John James
Greenwood, John Hoyle
Haslam, Walter Phillips
Hawkins, Herbert Haworth
Maden, Harry
Paulby, Thomas
Pilkington, Francis Elliott
Pilling, Joseph Brooks
See details for all 12 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: no
Information shown: year died
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Processional cross
Measurements: height 4FT
Materials: Brass
- Processional 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
- History
- The inscription is very badly worn through over-enthusiastic cleaning
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Churchwardens
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