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BARLEY |
Location
In the centre of the village near the Barley Mow restaurant.
OS ref: 103 SD822 406
Date: Erected in the past few years but have been unable to find any details online, perhaps someone can help with this?
ERECTED BY
THE PARISH OF BARLEY
TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
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Ellis Edwin CRIDLAND Gerald WHITE Rodney PIDWELL
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1939 - 1945
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Sydney DUGDALE
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GREATER LOVE HATH
NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE
FOR HIS FRIEND
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Pte Ellis Edwin CRIDLAND 1200075 6th Machine Gun Corps Born Nelson Died from wounds 9 May 1918, aged 19y son of Mark & Susannah Cridland of Pendle Row, Barley Buried Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France (also Newchurch-in Pendle memorial)
Pte Rodney PIDWELL TR3/97722 53rd Manchester Regt Born Padiham Killed in action 23 March 1918, aged 29y Husband of Emily Jane of 9 Station Rd, Padiham Buried Newchurch D27 (also Newchurch-in Pendle memorial)
Pte Gerald WHITE 266802 2nd Monmouth Regt Born Wheatley Lane Killed in action, 12 April 1918, aged 23y Son of Betsy & late Joseph White of Whitehough an address of 31 Chatham St, Nelson is given in Roll of Honour, published by Burnley Express Ploegstreert Memorial, Belgium (also Newchurch-in Pendle memorial)
Able Seaman Sydney DUGDALE D/JX339287 HMS President lll Died 11 November 1943, aged 27y Son of John & Jane Ellen Dugdale, husband of Jessie of Sawley, Yorks Plymouth Naval Memorial (also Newchurch-in Pendle memorial)
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**photos/scans of any of these men would be gratefully received and will be added to this page
with an acknowledgement**
These are the sources I have used in order to find information about those commemorated on the Memorial
a. Commonwealth War Graves site
b. Roll of Honour for Greater Burnley compiled and issued by the Burnley Express at Burnley Library
c. Soldiers Died on Ancestry.co.uk
