Memorial details

Memorial type
Other structure
District
Pendle
Town
Colne
County
Lancashire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Maker
TH HARTLEY (Architect)
Ceremony
  • Rededicated
    Date: 1950
    Attended by: UNKNOWN
  • Undefined
    Date: 1950
    Attended by: Unknown
  • Rededicated
    Date: 11 November 2011
    Attended by: Rev Tony Rindl
  • Unveiled
    Date: 11 November 1930
    Attended by: UNKNOWN
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
3317

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Current location

Roadside
54
Albert Road
Colne
Pendle
Lancashire
BB8 0AD
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 88507 39962
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Free-standing colonnade, open front and back with four square doric columns at the centre. Tablets mounted on the enclosed interior side walls have the names of First World War casualties. At the centre of the colonnade a Stone of Remembrance with a plaque commemorates Second World War casualties. The whole is on a stepped and sloped base.
Inscription
ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE. GREAT WAR/1914-1918/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE/ MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/ LEST WE FORGET
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Airman, A
Andrews, A
Anness, A
Anness, G
Anness, J W
Armistead, T E
Ashmore, M
Ashurst, W
Ashworth, F
Ashworth, G C
See details for all 688 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 338
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 338
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 108
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 108
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Colonnade
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Portland
  • Tablets
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Portland
  • Stone of remembrance
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
  • Colne War Memorial
  • Grade II
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
History
An application to the Grants for War Memorials Scheme was received in 2011 and an offer of £3,915 was made, based on a total quote of £7,830. The project was to remove the split asphalt roof covering and relay, to remove ferrous cramps within the stone work which were causing damage and replace, to undertake stone repairs and re-pointing. In August 2012 a request was submitted to the Colne and District Committee to allocate funding from its capital programme allocation for 2012/2013 to cover the remaining cost and it was approved. 2011, November: Addition of the name of Sergeant John Baxter, Lancashire Fusiliers in the form of 'J. Baxter', inscribed on a marble tablet sited level with the existing tablet on the West wall. 2010, October: Cleaned and refurbished. Stonework cleaned and chemically washed, plaques cleaned and polished.
Costs

Memorial: £2,000

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Pendle Borough Council
Reference
  • Colne 1914-18: Men who were Awarded Honours.
  • War Memorials Trust WM5008

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