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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Processional cross
- District
- Blackburn
- Town
- Ewood, Blackburn
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 13 March 1955
Attended by: Bishop of Blackburn - Dedicated
Date: 13 March 1955
Attended by: Bishop of Blackburn - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 51336
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Current location
St Bartholomew's Church
Jack Walker Way
Ewood
Blackburn
Blackburn
Lancashire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Church of England
- Previous locations
- Old St Bartholomew's Church (Redundant)
Bolton Road
Ewood
Blackburn
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB2
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 677 257
Denomination: Church of England
- Old St Bartholomew's Church (Redundant)
- Description
- PROCESSIONAL CROSS MOUNTED ON TOP OF A WOODEN POLE. DEDICATORY BRASS PLAQUE.
- Inscription
- THE PROCESSIONAL CROSS IS IN/ MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF 1939 - 1945/ (names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aspinall, Harry
Burns, Robert
Fletcher, Benjamin A
Holden, John L
Hudson, Joseph
Levesey, John
Marsden, Horace H
Pomfret, Joseph
Tennant, Vincent E
Watson, Joseph D
See details for all 12 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 2250MM
Materials: Wood - Plaque
Measurements: height 150MM, width 255MM
Materials: Brass - Processional cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Northern Daily Telegraph 11 and 14 March 1955
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