Memorial details

Memorial type
Composite
District
Blackburn
Town
Blackburn
County
Lancashire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: June 1975
    Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
  • Dedicated
    Date: June 1975
    Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
51297

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Current location

St Luke with St Philips Church
60 Bank Top
Blackburn
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB2 1TB
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 67434 27526
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
A Black Granite Tablet, a brass plaque on a wooden backboard and a light oak board. The Burma Star badge is depicted both on the tablet and on the board. There is also a Roll of Honour of branch members who died of natural causes after the war which also names one wartime casualty. There is also a Bound Book of Remembrance, which seems to be a copy of a mass produced book, so would not be a memorial in it's own right.
Inscription
Tablet: 1941 1945/ WHEN YOU GO HOME/ TELL THEM OF US AND SAY/ FOR YOUR TOMORROW/ WE GAVE OUR TODAY/ KOHIMA EPITAPH Plaque: PRESENTED TO/ THE BURMA STAR ASSOCIATION/ BLACKBURN BRANCH/ BY/ ASSOCIATE MEMBER MR K. LORD EX-GREEN HOWARDS/ 15-6-75/ "LEST WE FORGET" Board: BURMA STAR ASSOCIATION/ IN MEMORY OF THE/ BURMA STAR HOLDERS/ OF THE BRANCH WHO/ GAVE THEIR SERVICES/ TO THE ASSOCIATION Roll of Honour- BURMA STAR/ 1941 1945 BLACKBURN BRANCH/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ (names in 2 columns) Book: 1939-1945/THE WAR DEAD/OF THE/BRITISH COMMINWEALTH AND EMPIRE/BURMA-INDIA-PAKISTAN
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 28
    Served and returned: 27
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, date of death, place of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 400MM, width 600MM
    Materials: Granite - Black
  • Board
    Measurements: height 585MM, width 450MM
    Materials: Wood - Oak
  • Backboard
    Measurements: height 200MM, width 130MM
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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