Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Blackpool
- Town
- Thornton-le-Fylde
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 72252
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- Previous locations
- Christ Church
Meadows Avenue
Thornton-le-Fylde
Blackpool
Lancashire
FY5 2TW
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 32925 42834
Denomination: Undefined
- Christ Church
- Description
- This memorial comprises a collection six polished wood boards, two central ones, one bearing an inscription, one a framed poem and 4 boards bearing names of the fallen. At centre top is a Crucifix.
- Inscription
- Centre Panel: THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES THOSE/ WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ THEIR NAMES APPEAR HERE./ AND ALSO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN / THE WORLD WAR OF 1939 -1945, AND/ SUBSEQUENT CONFLICTS DEFENDING THE/ BASIC FREEDOMS OF HUMANITY/ LIFE, SPEECH, RELIGION/ Jesus said, There is no greater love than this, that a man should lay down his life for his friends. Below framed poem. 'The Passing Years' Side panels: (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
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: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques / Panels with names
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaques / Panels with names
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Christ Church Parish
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