Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Blackburn
- Town
- Turton
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42383
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Current location
St Anne's Church
High Street
Turton
Blackburn
Lancashire
BL7 0ER
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 73457 15709
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone, which is a Celtic cross on a tapering plinth
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ ALBERT HOLDEN WHO DIED JULY 5TH 1921/ AGED 58/ ALSO MARY HIS WIFE/ WHO DIED JAN 11TH 1933/ AGED 69 YEARS/ ALSO SAMUEL, THIER SON/ KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE/ MARCH 29TH 1916 AGED 20 YEARS/ ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER SARAH/ DIED NOV. 19TH 1955 AGE D65 YEARS/ THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Holden, Samuel
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, date of death, place of death, forename, manner of death, age, relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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