Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cenotaph
- District
- Rossendale
- Town
- Bacup
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 10 November 1928
Attended by: Former Service Personnel
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 598
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Current location
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St John the Evangelist Church
Burnley Road
Bacup
Rossendale
Lancashire
BB4 8LZ
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 80997 25184
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Cenotaph with two-stepped circular stone base. Bacup Borough Coat of Arms and wreath carved in relief at top centre, followed by inscription.
- Inscription
- 6 O'Clock: 1914-1918/ IN HONOURED/ MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ BACUP/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ THEY DIED THAT WE/ MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE/ 9 O'Clock: 1939/ IN/ HONOURED/ MEMORY/ OF THOSE/ WHO FELL/ IN THE/ WORLD WAR/ 1945 12 O'Clock: TO OUR/ GLORIOUS/ DEAD/ TELL YE YOUR CHILDREN
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ashworth, Albert
Ashworth, Henry
Ashworth, James
Buckley, Wm.h
Crabtre, Ed.
Farrow, R. Jack
Fearnley, Edgar
Hardaker, Geo.f
Hardaker, William
Hardman, Robert.j
See details for all 30 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cenotaph
Measurements: height 5000mm
Materials: Stone
- Cenotaph
- 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
- Bacup Cenotaph
- WMO ID: 140415
- Condition: Good [last updated on 26-05-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Site: £1,670 2s 7d
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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