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ST JOHN'S CHURCH, BAXENDEN |
© Susan Eldridge May 2005
Location:
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
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ANDERSON W. ANDERTON J.H. BAILEY H. BARNES J.A. BATES T.H. BOLTON J. BOND H.H. BRANDON T. BURY P. CHEVIN W.T. DOBSON W. DOWNES J.
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DUCKWORTH F. DUCKWORTH J.P. GORE E. GREENWOOD J. HAMBLING B.G. HAMBLING C.B. HAWKER W. HEYS J.E. HEYS J.L. HINDLE A. JOHNSON H. KENYON E. |
LIVETT J. MARSDEN F. MOSS J. RATCLIFFE F. RUSHTON F. SKELLERN J.J. SMITH J.E. STOTT F. TODD W.C. WATERWORTH D. WHITEHEAD J.W. WHITEHEAD R. |
AND IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 - 1946
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CUCKNELL A. GIBSON E. KAVANA H. WINTERBOTTOM R.
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Visit In Memory of Our Baxenden Lads for more details about those commemorated.
