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COLNE |
© Susan Eldridge June 2003
Location: Albert Road, near Linden Road and the Municipal Hall
OS ref: 103 SD885402
Date: 11th November 1930
Erected to the memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice
There are four panels on the inside of the memorial bearing the names of over 680 men killed in the First World War
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A - D |
D - H |
K - S |
S - W |
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The names of those killed in the Second World War are also recorded and will be added at a later date.
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WALLACE HARTLEY |
© Susan Eldridge June 2003
Next to the War memorial is a memorial to Wallace Hartley, the band leader from the Titanic who famously played on whilst the ill fated ship sank during her maiden voyage in 1912.
Wallace Hartley was born in Colne in 1878 and died aged 33, his body was brought home and is buried in Colne Cemetery
Wallace Hartley
Band master of the RMS Titanic who perished
in the foundering of that vessel
April 15th 1912
Erected by voluntary contributions to commemorate
the heroism of a native of this town
