© Susan Eldridge November 2002

 

Location:  

The memorial stands in the Peace Garden which is between the Library and Thompson Leisure Centre.

 

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In the week leading up to Remembrance Day (11th November) small crosses of remembrance bearing the names of fallen servicemen are placed in the lawn on either side of the memorial as seen in the photos.

 

© Susan Eldridge November 2005

The crosses at the front are named as follows:   Alfred Victor SMITH  VC Fredrick Brooks DUGDALE  VC Thomas WHITHAM  VC Hugh COLVIN  VC Violet SZABO  GC   click here for further information on those above   We Remember those who have no one Merchant Navy Unknown Navy Unknown Army Unknown RAF Unknown

 

 

This memorial was erected in 1966 because it was said the memorial in Towneley Park was "inconvenient for Armistice Day and was forgotten during the rest of the year."  A large donation towards the cost was given by 90 year old Miss Annie Ratcliffe.

 

 

The words on the memorial read:

 

IN MEMORIAM

1914 - 1918        1939 - 1945

AND OTHER CONFLICTS

FOR YOUR TOMORROW THEY GAVE THEIR TODAY

 

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There is also a stone in the pathway leading to the memorial which remembers other victims of war such as those who perished in the concentration camps and other such places throughout the world.