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ACCRINGTON (OAK HILL PARK) |
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© Steve Hulme 11 November 2005 (all photos) |
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The wall behind the main obelisk has tablets bearing the 173 names of those killed in the Second World War.
This photo was taken just after the poppy wreaths were laid on Remembrance Sunday, November 2005
Let us remember those who in their lives fought and died for us in memoriam 1939 - 1945 |
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Location: The War Memorial is in Oak Hill Park near the Hollins Lane entrance.
OS ref: 103 SD766277
Date: 1st July 1922
To the Honoured Memory of the men of Accrington
who gave their lives in the Great War 1914 - 1919
Their name liveth for evermore
This land inviolate
Theirs the Glory
On the rear are 2 names from the Falklands Conflict of 1982 and 1 name from Northern Ireland.
There are 865 names recorded of those who died in the Great War, these names can be seen on the Accrington Pals website
*I would like to thank Steve Hulme for kindly supplying all these photos.*
