Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Rossendale
- Town
- Rawtenstall
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 78015
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Current location
Rawtenstall Cemetery
Burnley Road
Rawtenstall
Rossendale
Lancashire
BB4 8FW
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 81300 23400
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Trefacl cross on three tier stepped base with square incised block lettering
- Inscription
- PRIVATE FRED SPENCAR/KINGS LIVERPOOL REGT./SON OF JOHN NELSON @BETSY SPEMCER/OF ALBERT ST.HAREHOLME/WHO FELL IN THE BATTLE OF ZENNEBEKE/BELGIUM/SEPT. 26TH 1917 AGED 21 YEARS "NOBLY HE DID HIS DUTY BRAVELY HE FOUGHT AND FELL
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Spencer, Fred
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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