Memorial

Burnley

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Current Location

Towneley Park, Burnley, Burnley, Lancashire, BB11 3RQ, England

SD 85449 30871

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Type of Memorial: Composite
WMR Reference Number: 2050
Description: Cenotaph which merges into carved busts of soldier, airman and sailor flanked at ground level by female figures representing a mother and sister or wife. Mother lays a wreath and is next to a rosemary bush for remembrance and a cricket bat and ball representing childhood. Sister or wife carries garlands and looks up at the figures.
Inscription: (FRONT FACE): THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF BURNLEY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN IN THE GREAT/ WAR 1914-1918./ MAKE THEM TO BE NUMBERED WITH THY SAINTS/ IN GLORY EVERLASTING/ THIS MONUMENT STANDS ALSO IN HONOUR OF THSE WHO DIED FOR OUR FREEDOM 1939-1945 (REAR FACE): THE SUM NECESSARY FOR THE ERECTION OF THIS/ MEMORIAL WAS BEQUEATHED BY CALEB THORNBER JP,/ A FORMER MAYOR AND ALDERMAN OF THIS/ BOROUGH, TO ENSURE THAT THE SACRIFICE COM/ -MEMORATED SHOULD EVER BE HELD IN GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE. THE GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE/ WAS PROVIDED BY THE TOWNSPEOPLE OF BURNLEY.

Maker(s): WALTER HENRY GILBERT, Artist
LOUIS WEINGARTNER, Sculptor
Costs: £5000
Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: 2008: Overgrown trees removed, stonework cleaned, pond restored, paving relaid, topiary reinstated in containers and yew hedges rejuvenated.

Unveiled

12th December 1926

EARL (17TH) OF DERBY