Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Pendle
- Town
- Nelson
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 13 March 1921.
Attended by: Councillor R W Gibson Mayor of Nelson - Dedicated
Date: 13 March 1921.
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 62739
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Current location
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- Railway Street Wesleyan Church
Railway Street
Nelson
Pendle
Lancashire
BB9 0JE
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 865 370
Denomination: Nonconformist
- Railway Street Wesleyan Church
- Description
- An oak board with three bronze plaques.
- Inscription
- THIS TABLET IS ERECTED TO THE BRAVE MEN OF THIS CHURCH AND SCHOOL WHO FORSAKING ALL PLEASANT THINGS WENT FORTH IN THE GREAT WAR TO UPHOLD THE HONOUR OF THEIR CHURCH AND GAVE TO THE UTTERMOST EVEN TO THE LAYING DOWN OF LIFE. THEY SHALL BE MINE SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS IN THAT DAY WHEN I MAKE UP MY JEWELS.(Line breaks not known)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 0
Died: 26
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Plaques
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Nelson Leader 18.03.1921.
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