Orphan work
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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
- District
- South Ribble
- Town
- Samlesbury
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Thompson & Jackson of Lancaster
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 2 December 1926
Attended by: Rev. Canon J Sinker R.D. - Dedicated
Date: 2 December 1926
Attended by: Bishop of Blackburn
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3387
Current location
North west corner of church
Church of St Leonard the Less
Potters Lane
Samlesbury
South Ribble
Lancashire
PR5 0UE
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 59001 30349
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Carved oak screen bearing a small brass plaque with engraved inscription
- Inscription
- Brass plaque: ST LEONARD SAMLESBURY/TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN HONURED MEMORY OF THE/TWO MEMBERS OF THE CHOIR/JOHN TAYLOR AND WILLIAM CROSSLEY/WHO GAVE THIER LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1919 THIS OAK SCREEN IS ERECTED/BY PARISHIONERS AND FRIENDS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Crossley, William
Taylor, John
See details for all 2 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Reredos
Measurements: height 2430mm, width 3090mm
Materials: Wood - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Reredos
- 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: £188:10:0
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Responsibility
- PCC & Churchwardens of the Parish
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