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Memorial details

Memorial type
Chapel or Church: Freestanding building
District
Blackburn
Town
Blackburn
County
Lancashire
Country
England
Commemoration
Non-Combat Deaths
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
67343

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Current location

St. Francis' Church
St. Francis Road
Blackburn
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB2 2TZ
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 66143 26764
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Dedicated church building
Inscription
Church name: St. Francis Also, dedicatory plaque: IN/ THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF/ LIEUTENANT GENERAL FEILDEN CMG MP/ OF WITTON PARK/ BORN 21 MAR 1824 DIED 19 MAY 1895/ WHO GAVE THE SITE AND A LARGE/ PROPORTION OF THE FUNDS FOR/ THE ERECTION OF THIS CHURCH/ IN MEMORY OF HIS ELDEST SON/ LIEUTENANT RANDLE FRANCIS FEILDEN/ SCOTS GUARDS/ BORN 15 JAN 1862 DIED 22 JUNE 1886/ AFTER WHOM THIS CHURCH/ WAS NAMED AND IN MEMORY/ OF WHOM THE EAST WINDOW/ WAS GIVEN BY HIS FATHER.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Feilden, Randle Francis
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Commemorations
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Relationship, rank, forenames, surname, regiment, date of birth, date of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Building
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Window
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stained Glass
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height 310mm, width 460mm
    Materials: Bronze
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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