Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Blackburn
- Town
- Darwen
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 18 April 1920
Attended by: T Walmsley- the Church Secretary - Dedicated
Date: 18 April 1920
Attended by: Revd Benjain Bee - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 51310
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Current location
Bolton Road United Reformed Church
Bolton Road
Darwen
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB3 2QT
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 69639 20885
Denomination: United Reformed
- Description
- Brass wall-mounted plaque with incised inscription. Latin Cross at top.
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ (Names)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ainsworth, Fred
Bury, Thomas
Calvert, George
Calvert, Herbert
Calvert, William
Denny, Thomas H
Hall, John W
Hedditch, George
Holden, Benj B
Holden, Herbert
See details for all 16 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 610MM, width 920MM
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- 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
- Bolton Road URC WW1
- WMO ID: 269866
- Condition: Good [last updated on 27-02-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Darwen News 24 April 1920
- Blackburn Weekly Telegraph 24 April 1920
- Darwen Gazette 24 April 1920
- Darwen Advertiser 23 April 1920
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