Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Hyndburn
- Town
- Accrington
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Rededicated
Date: 25 June 2016
Attended by: Local Dignataries
- Rededicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42434
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Current location
Accrington Local Studies Library
St James Street
Accrington
Hyndburn
Lancashire
BB5 1NQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 759 285
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Accrington Grammar School
Accrington
Hyndburn
Lancashire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined - Moorhead High School
Cromwell Rd
Accrington
Hyndburn
Lancashire
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 750 280
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Accrington Grammar School
- Description
- Wooden board with a centrally mounted bronze female figure surmounting a column. Names are in two columns either side of the figure.
- Inscription
- FIDELES AD/ USQUE MORTEM/ 1914 DILIGENTI ET PRUDENTI FORTUNA 1918
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 53
Served and returned: 0
Died: 53
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Board
Measurements: height 1120mm, width 530mm
Materials: Wood
- Figure
- 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 - Reference
- Rededication, agsob.org.uk/AGSOB/index.php/component/content/article/schools-memorial-rededicated?catid=8&Itemid=101, accessed 30th December 2023
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