© Susan Eldridge October 2001

Location:   This memorial stands in the grounds of St Mary's Church, Manchester Road, Nelson. The church has been unused & boarded up since about 1997 and the last time I drove past the whole site was cordoned off.

OS ref: 103 SD856 375

Date: unveiled 16 May 1920

TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY

OF THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES

FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE WORLD

THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND

AND THE DEAD SHALL BE RAISED INCORRUPTIBLE

1.COR.XV.52

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

ECC.XLIV.14

and on the side  

1914 - 1918

1939 - 1945

There was also a brass plaque inside the church which is now at the British Legion Club in Brunswick St, Nelson according to the ukiwm website.

IN HONOUR OF MEN OF THIS CHURCH AND

PARISH WHO SERVED THEIR KING AND COUNTRY

IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919

(450 NAMES)

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE

OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH AND PARISH WHO DIED

FOR FREEDOM IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919

(47 names)