Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Rossendale
Town
Waterfoot
County
Lancashire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony

  • Date:
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
63030

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Current location

Beside the front door of the theatre
which is in the former Sunday School building
Rossendale Players Millennium Theatre (formerly Bethel Baptist School)
Burnley Road East
Waterfoot
Rossendale
Lancashire
BB4 9AR
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 83480 22112
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Bethel Baptist Church
    Burnley Road East
    Waterfoot
    Rossendale
    Lancashire
    BB4 9AR
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SD 83480 22112
    Denomination: Baptist
Description
Rectangular stone tablet attached to a wall with a triangular pediment and carved wreath. Addition of plate "1939-1945" commemorates subsequent war.
Inscription
IN MEMORIAM/ ERECTED IN HONOUR/ AND MEMORY/ OF THE MEN ASSOCIATED/ WITH THIS/ CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL/ WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES/ IN THE EUROPEAN WAR/ 1914-1918/ "I WITH UNCOVERED HEAD/ SALUTE THE SACRED DEAD/ WHO WENT AND WHO RETURNED NOT"/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"/ Ecclesiasticus XLIV v.XIV./ (Addition) 1939-1945.
Inscription legible?
yes
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
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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