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    Memorial

    Church Allegory WW1 And WW2

    Source: Copyright Rachel Pollitt

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    Current Location

    Gatty Park, off Hyndburn Road in front of Elmfield Hall, Church, Hyndburn, Lancashire, BB5 4AA, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SD 74971 28963

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    Type of Memorial
    Allegory (eg: Victory)
    WMR Reference Number
    2065
    Description
    Wall with robed female figure representing Peace standing on a low pedestal rising out in abstract fashion. Inscription is on the rear of the wall and in the shape of a cross.
    Inscription
    1914 - 1918 / THEY WHOM THIS/MONUMENT COMMEMORATES/WERE NUMBERED AMONGST THOSE/WHO, AT THE CALL OF KING AND/COUNTRY LEFT ALL THAT WAS/DEAR TO THEM; ENDURED/HARDNESS; FACED DANGER/AND FINALLY/PASSED OUT OF/THE SIGHT OF/MEN BY THE PATH/OF DUTY AND SELF/SACRIFICE GIVING/UP THEIR OWN/LIVES THAT OTHERS/MIGHT LIVE IN/FREEDOM. /LET THOSE WHO/COME AFTER SEE/TO IT THAT THEIR/NAMES BE NOT/FORGOTTEN / 1939 - 1945
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Maker(s)
    • MR WALTER MARSDEN, Sculptor

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    18t September 1923

    Lieut. Col. G.G.H. Bolton MC

    Dedicated

    18th September 1923

    UNKNOWN

    Custodian
    HYNDBURN BOROUGH COUNCIL

    Components

    Figure

    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    • Accrington Observer - Impressive Ceremony at Gatty Park - September 1923