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The War Memorial is by St Johns Church, on the corner of Church Street and Manchester Road, the A680.

OS ref: 103  SD7721 266

Date: 13th November 1920, unveiled by Sir George Bullough, a local industrialist.

THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION

TO THE GLORY OF GOD

AND IN MEMORY OF OUR BAXENDEN LADS

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US

IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919

"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS."

There are 36 names recorded from the First World War and 4 from the Second World War

Visit In Memory of Our Baxenden Lads for more details about those commemorated.