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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Wyre
- Town
- Calder Vale
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- MESSRS WILLIAM MORRIS & CO OF MERTON ABBEY (Manufacturer)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 51509
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Current location
ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH
Moss La
Calder Vale
Wyre
Lancashire
PR3 1SR
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 538 463
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- TWO LIGHT STAINED GLASS WINDOW ITH FIGURES DEPICTED IN EACH LIGHT. DEDICATORY PLAQUE PLACED NEXT TO THE WINDOW.
- Inscription
- PLAQUE: A.D. M.G./ THIS WINDOW IS PLACED HERE BY MEMBERS/ OF THE ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS/ COURT BLEASDALE FOREST 2458 IN MEMORY/ 1914 OF THEIR BRETHREN 1918/ (NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAR WAR R.I.P. WINDOW: GLORY BE TO THEE O LORD THEY REST FROM THEIR LABOURS ACCEPT O LORD THE OFFERING AND GRANT TO THEM A PLACE OF THEIR SELF-SACRIFICE OF REFRESHMENT AND PEACE.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Cook, Harry
Cormpton, James
Fletcher, Herman
Greaves, John
Halton, Ernest
Harris, George
Hoggarth, Thomas
Lindsay, Thomas
Malley, Henry
Piper, Sam
See details for all 16 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 32
Served and returned: 16
Died: 16
Exact count: no
Information shown: forename
Order of information: forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 16IN, width 36IN
Materials: Brass - Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stained Glass
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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