Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Rossendale
- Town
- Whitworth
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 75896
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Current location
Whitworth Historical Society
North Street
Whitworth
Rossendale
Lancashire
OL12 8RA
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 88508 18208
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Beulah Methodist Church
Bacup
Rossendale
Lancashire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Methodist
- Beulah Methodist Church
- Description
- Plain Stone Tablet with Lead lettering. The Font, Communion Table and Chairs referred to on the memorial are all lost
- Inscription
- THIS TABLET AND FONT ARE ERECTED TO THE/GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/THE MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCVH WHO LAID DOWN/THEIR LIVES FOR US IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/[names in 2 columns/THIS TABLET, COMMUNION TABLE & CHAIRS ARE DEDICATED/TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN REMEBRANCE & GRATITUDE/TO OUR FALLEN BRETHREN 1939-1945/[names in 3 columns]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ainsworth, Harold
Ainsworth, Roland
Ashworth, S
Birtwistle, Harry
Butler, Colin
Chestney, H
Coates, W
Cross, W
Greenwood, J
Hardman, J W
See details for all 26 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 19
Served and returned: 0
Died: 19
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Lettering
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Lead - Font
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Seat
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Table
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Tablet
- 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
- Beulah Methodist Church (Bacup)
- WMO ID: 258714
- Condition: Good [last updated on 08-12-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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