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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- South Ribble
- Town
- Leyland
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 24th June 1951
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42647
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Current location
ST MARYS RC CCHURCH
Worden La
Leyland
South Ribble
Lancashire
PR5
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 540 215
Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description
- WOODEN CROSS SURMOUNTS WIDE, TAPERING SQUARE-SET STONE PLINTH. STONE FIGURE OF CRUCIFIED CHRIST ON CROSS. STONE FIGURES OF OUR LADY AND ST JOHN STAND ON BASE, BELOW CROSS. STONE TABLET BEARS NAMES AND INSCRIPTION AND IS SET INTO FRONT OF PLINTH. SINGLE STEP STONE BASE.
- Inscription
- THESE MEN OF LEYLAND PARISH/ IN TWO WORLD WARS GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR FREEDOM/ 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)/ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baldwin, Thomas Gregory
Bibby, Charles
Brindle, Herbert
Brown, George
Brown, Reuben
Burke, John Thomas
Campbell, Joseph
Cross, Edward
Cuncannon, James Edward
Ditchfield, Richard
See details for all 18 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 36
Served and returned: 18
Died: 18
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 38
Served and returned: 19
Died: 19
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Figures
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Synthetic Material - Memorial
Measurements: depth 1300 MM, height C 4500 MM, width 2200 MM
Materials: Undefined
- 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
- History
- 1992: THE ORIGINAL WOODEN FIGURES OF THE CALVARY WERE REPLACED DUE TO THEIR BAD CONDITION.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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