Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Blackburn
- Town
- Darwen
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 22 August 1924
Attended by: Major J M Thwaites MC of Bromley Cross
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 80711
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Current location
Darwen Heritage Centre
Railway Road
Darwen
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB3 2RG
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Darwen Central Conservative Club
Church Street
Darwen
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB3
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Darwen Central Conservative Club
- Description
- Carved wall-mounted wooden board with unknown motif and dedication and gold painted names below. Carved crossed rifles at lower corners. Description incomplete as derived from surviving photograph. The names of the fallen were on the (lost) top part , with photographs in an oak frame
- Inscription
- --------/ 1914-19 / DUTY CALLED: THEY ANSWERED / (Names) / GOD SAVE THE KING
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ashworth, C
Aspden, Y
Aspin, J W
Banks, J
Baron, R
Bibby, E
Bibby, W
Birtwistle, E
Bogle, J W
Broadbend, C St J
See details for all 86 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 95
Served and returned: 86
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, decorations
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak - Photograph/s
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Paper - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Silver
- Board
- 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
- Darwen Central Conservative Club
- WMO ID: 266636
- Condition: Good [last updated on 27-01-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Darwen Advertiser 29 August 1924
- Darwen News 30 August 1924
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