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

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

Unveiled

18t September 1923

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

Dedicated

18th September 1923

UNKNOWN

Figure

Made from: Stone - Portland

Condition: Good