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© Susan Eldridge July 2003
Location: The memorial can be found in the castle park near the Museum, just in front of the castle.
OS ref: 103 SD743417
In 1920 the castle and surrounding park was bought by the people of Clitheroe by subscription and declared a memorial to the men who had lost their lives in the Great War. Later a cenotaph was built in the newly created Garden of Remembrance and unveiled in 1923.
The wording reads:
Erected by the inhabitants of Clitheroe
in grateful remembrance of their fellow townsmen
who gave their lives
in defence of their King and Country
in the Great War 1914 1918
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On the wall behind the memorial those who fell in the Boer War are remembered and one soldier killed in Northern Ireland is also remembered.
© July 2003
This memorial was placed here by
Alderman JT Whipp Mayor
to perpetuate the memory of his fellow townsmen
who went from the borough of Clitheroe
and lost their lives in the war in South Africa
1899 - 1902
Corporal J CLITHEROE 1st Batt Coldstream Guards at Modder River 1st January 1900
Private J LUDDON 2nd Batt York & Lancaster Rgt at Cheveley 10th March 1900
Private W HUTCHINSON 2nd Batt Manchester Rgt at Bethlehem 10th February 1901
Private K THOMPSON 3rd Batt East Lancashire Rgt at Bloemfontein 17th November 1901
Private J HANSON 1st Batt East Lancashire Rgt at Bloemfontein 18th January 1902
Private C O NEILL 1st Batt East Lancashire Rgt at Springfontein 30th May 1902
and the following volunteers from the St Johns Ambulance Brigade
Private C WALDER Bloemfontein 7th June 1900
Private T WINDLE Bloemfontein 15th July 1900
dated August 1907
and below the following plaque:
In remembrance
L/Cpl David MOON
Ulster 1972
