Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Hyndburn
- Town
- Milnshaw
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 62656
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Current location
Accrington Library
St James Street
Milnshaw
Hyndburn
Lancashire
BB5 1NQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 75939 28511
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Barnes Square Methodist Church
Barnes Square
Clayton-le-moors
Hyndburn
Lancashire
BB5 5NX
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 747 310
Denomination: Methodist
- Barnes Square Methodist Church
- Description
- Rectangular bronze plaque with the lettering in white and a white line border. At each side of the dedication is a wreath in white.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / IN MEMORY OF THE UNDERMENTIONED / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 -1919 / (NAMES) / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A / MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS: ST. JOHN XV.13.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: 0
Died: 17
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, regiment
Order of information: Listed by order of highest rank with exceptions
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 460mm, width 710mm
Materials: Bronze
- 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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