© Susan Eldridge May 2002

 

 

 

Location:   In Towneley Park near the Hall

 

OS ref:  103  SD856308

 

The memorial was built in 1926 and unveiled by Lord Derby.

 

There are no names recorded on the memorial.

 

Wording on the front:

 

THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF BURNLEY

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR FELLOW -COUNTRYMEN IN THE 

GREAT WAR     1914 - 1918

 

THE MONUMENT STANDS ALSO IN HONOUR OF THOSE

WHO DIED FOR OUR FREEDOM

1939 - 1945

 

 

 

Wording on the back:

 

THE SUM NECESSARY FOR THE ERECTION OF THIS MEMORIAL

WAS BEQUEATHED BY CALEB THORNBER JP

A FORMER MAYOR AND ALDERMAN OF THIS BOROUGH.  

TO ENSURE THAT THE SACRIFICE COMMEMORATED

SHOULD EVER BE HELD IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE.

 THE GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE WAS PROVIDED BY

THE TOWNSPEOPLE OF BURNLEY