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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Blackburn
- Town
- Blackburn
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 28 September 1919
Attended by: Sir Henry Hibbert, who between 1913-1918. had been the Conservative M.P. for Chorley He was accompanied by the Mayor of Blackburn Alderman Lawrence Cotton. A letter from the Prime Minister, Lloyd George, was read out by the Mayor.
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 51277
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Current location
The Kingsway Complex
off Stoneyhurst Road
Blackburn
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB2 1NL
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Ardley Centre (Blackburn and Darwen Social Services)
Bent Street
Blackburn
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB2 1NG
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 678 278
Denomination: Undefined
- Ardley Centre (Blackburn and Darwen Social Services)
- Description
- LARGE MARBLE TABLET WITH TALL CENTRE SECTION FLANKED BY SHORTER PANELS. INSCRIPTION IN BLACK AND GOLD LETTERING. MOSAIC AT THE TOP OF THE CENTRE SECTION. MOSAIC DEPICTS ST GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. The names of the dead were directly under the figure of St. George, either side of the figure are the names of those who had connections with the school and served in the forces. Update in 2019- the two side sections, with the names of the served, have been placed outside, and are now totally illegible
- Inscription
- TOP: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE LEFT SIDE AND RIGHT HAND SIDES: ROLL OF HONOUR/ (names) CENTRE: IN MEMORY OF PAST MEMBERS/ OF THIS SCHOOL WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914 -1919/ (names)/ UNVEILED BY/ SIR HENRY HIBBERT BARONET/ SEPT. 28TH 1919.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ainsworth, J
Anderson, Jack
Anderson, William
Armstrong, Jacob
Armstrong, William
Aspin, Giles
Aspinall, S
Atkinson, A
Atkinson, J H
Austin, J
See details for all 328 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 328
Served and returned: 274
Died: 54
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 2200MM, width 2600MM
Materials: Alabaster, Mosaic
- Tablet
- 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
- Blackburn Ragged School
- WMO ID: 233442
- Condition: Very bad [last updated on 19-02-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Blackburn Times 4 October 1919
- Archaeological Building Recording Report by Oxford Archaeology North, includes contemporary and late 20th century images of the memorial- library.thehumanjourney.net/1579/1/FullReportL10093.pdf
- Blackburn Weekly Telegraph 4 October 1919
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