Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Hyndburn
- Town
- Accrington
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Falklands Conflict (1982), Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
- Maker
- PROFESSOR C H REILLY (Architect)
HERBERT TYSON SMITH (Sculptor) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 01 July 1922
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 601
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Current location
OAK HILL PARK
59 Hollins Lane
Accrington
Hyndburn
Lancashire
BB5 2LB
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 76513 27667
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- TALL OBELISK MOUNTED ON MASSIVE PEDESTAL. BEHIND IT IS A WALL FOR THE FALLEN OF WW2 CARVED FEMALE GRIEF HOLDING WREATH AND PALM ON MAIN FACE OF OBELISK. IONIC PILLASTERS ON EITHER SIDE. LISTED GRADE II.
- Inscription
- FRONT: TO THE HONOURED MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF ACCRINGTON / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914-1919 / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE / THIS LAND INVIOLATE / THEIRS THE GLORY REAR: NORTHERN / IRELAND / (NAME) / FALKLANDS / CAMPAIGN 1982 / (NAMES) WALL: LET US REMEMBER THOSE WHO IN THEIR LIVES FOUGHT AND DIED FOR US IN MEMORIAM 1939 - 1945 / (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbott, M.
Adamson, W.
Addison, V.
Aimes, C. C.
Ainsworth, A.
Ainsworth, J.
Ainsworth, J.
Airton, G.
Akred, H.
Alderson, G.
See details for all 1035 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 865
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 865
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 173
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 173
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Falklands Conflict (1982)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 2
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Slate - Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Ashlar
- Tablet
- Listing information
- Accrington War Memorial
- Grade II*
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Accrington
- WMO ID: 134487
- Condition: Good [last updated on 17-07-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Site: £6885
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- HYNDBURN BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Roll of Honour, printed 1919.
- AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN: BRITISH FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIALS by BOORMAN, DEREK 140/41 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:SESSIONS 1988 YORK
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