Memorial details

Memorial type
Church Fabric / Fitting: Altar or altar part
District
Rossendale
Town
Haslingden
County
Lancashire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 13 December 1919
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
18710

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Current location

St Mary's (Immaculate Conception) Church
Bury Road
Haslingden
Rossendale
Lancashire
BB4 5PG
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 78848 23137
Denomination: Roman Catholic

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Description
MARBLE SACRED HEART ALTAR WITH CARVED FIGURE OF CHIRST BELOW A CINQUE-FOIL ARCH AT CENTRE. PILLARS AT SIDES OF ARCH AND ON ALTAR FRONT BELOW. AN ASSOCIATED White Marble TABLET in brown marble frame WITH THE INSCRIPTION AND NAMES FOR WW1 IS MOUNTED ON ADJACENT WALL WITH A TABLET WITH WW2 INSCRIPTION ADDED BELOW-also white marble in brown marble frame. THERE IS A SMALL CRUCIFIX ABOVE THE WW1 INSCRIPTION, carved into the tablet.
Inscription
Tablet: OF YOUR CHARITY PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOULS OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN THE/ EUROPEAN WAR 1914 - 1919/ TO THEIR MEMORY THIS TABLET AND/ SACRED HEART ALTAR HAVE BEEN ERECTED/ BY THE PARISHIONERS DEC. 1919/ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE/ Tablet: IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO DIED/ IN THE WAR YEARS/ 1939 - 1945/ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Allen, John T
Allen, Richard
Armitage, Henry
Austin, Thomas
Banks, Wilfrid
Bedford, Samuel
Bourke, Stephen
Brown, James E
Brown, John G
Burke, John T
See details for all 68 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 68
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 68
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Altar
    Measurements: height 1500mm, width 450mm
    Materials: Marble - White
  • First World War memorial
    Measurements: height 300mm, width 450mm
    Materials: Marble - White
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Brown
  • Second World War memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Brown
Listing information
Condition
Costs

Site: £600

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.

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