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    © Imperial War Museums 2026

    Memorial

    Burnley

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    Current Location

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

    OS Grid Reference

    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.
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    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.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    12th December 1926

    EARL (17TH) OF DERBY

    Components

    Cenotaph

    Height: 6000MM


    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    Figures

    Height: 2400MM


    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    • The Guardian 11 March 2004
    • War Memorials Trust WM2299 http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=466
    • Carter Postcard Collection