Burnley News, Wednesday 28/3/1923, printed a lengthy report of the unveiling of the plaque, which began: 'NOT BY ARMAMENTS. Bishop of Burnley Points the Way to Peace. A HOLY TRINITY MEMORIAL. An impressive service was held at Holy Trinity Church on Sunday Afternoon, when a memorial tablet to the men who fell in the great war was unveiled by the Vicar (the Rev. W. R. Coombs) in the absence of Major Raymond Ross, who was unable to be present to perform the ceremony owing to the illness of his wife. The tablet, which is placed on the North wall of the church, is beautifully worked in bronze, and bears the following inscription: “To the Glory of God and in ever grateful memory of the members of our church who died in the Great War 1914 to 1918, this tablet and the cross in their churchyard are erected.” The names of the following 79 young men are inscribed on the tablet: Fred Ashworth, John W. Aspin, Samuel Bailey, Arthur Baldwin, John Bannister, Albert Bickle, John Bickle, John T. Brideoake, Archie Brierly, Herbert Brown, Ernest Bushell, Frank Bushell, John Butterworth, John Thos. Catlow, Albert Cheesebrough, Herbert Clayton, Christopher Crook, Ernest Cross, Harry Cross, John Wm Crowther, Arthur Cryer, Edward E. Dickinson, Robert Dickinson, Edward Arthur Dodson, Ernest Draper, R. Eastwood, Arthur Emmett, Frank H. Gill, Albert Graham, George Graham, George F. Graham, Harold Greenwood, Alice Hall, John Hall, James Hargreaves. Robert J. Hargreaves, Edwin Harling, Fred Harrison, George Hartley, John Wm. Hewer, William Hirst, Harry Holland, E. J. Holmes, Harry Horne, Harold Howarth, Tom Jackson, Ernest Johnson, Wilfred Johnson, William Johnson, William Joll, Fred Little, Sidney Long, Tom Long, Herbert Maxfield, Frank Minniss, Archie Mitchell, Fred Moseley, Peter Ogden, John Wm. Ormerod, Samuel Pilkington, John Thos. Proctor, John Arthur Redman, Alphonso Renwick, Robert Slater, John Schofield, Albert Sherlock, Richard Smith. T. H. Taylor. Wm. Moses Tennant, Wm. Affleck Thompson, Job Thornton, Wm. Edwin Torkington, Leonard Wareing, Thomas Wareing, Arthur Whitaker, Eric J. Wilshaw, Leslie R. Wilshaw, Albert Yates, Walter Yates. IN DEFENCE OF THE WEAK. In a forceful address the Bishop, who later dedicated the Memorial, said he was happy to be among them to associate himself with their effort to perpetuate with honour and with reverence the memory of those to whom they owed much and to whom their thoughts went out with tenderness, with love and with deep regret. And he felt sure that they were right in making their memorial of a two-fold kind, firstly by placing out that emblem of their faith in a position where it met the eye and struck the imagination of those who passed by, while, within the church's walls, secure and protected from the inclemency of the weather and, it may be. more closely connected with the realities of the spiritual world in which they lived, they were placing that monument which they were about to unveil and which would surely be a lasting memorial, for their children and their children’s children to remember those who went out and fought the real good fight.' Having continued by reporting the Bishop's speech, the report concluded: ' IN MEMORY OF THE BRAVE. Escorted by the churchwardens and sidesmen of the church, the Bishop and the Vicar proceeded to the memorial, where the latter pulled the string which released the flag. Mr. Coombs said "Reverend Father in God, I beseech you to dedicate this tablet to the Glory of Almighty God and in loving memory of those brave men who worshipped in this church, and, following our great Example, the Lord Jesus Christ, gave their life for others." The Bishop dedicated the memorial in the following terms: "In the Faith of Jesus Christ, I dedicate this tablet to the Glory of God, and in proud and grateful memory of the men whose names are here inscribed; in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." The Rev. W.R. Coombs then said: "Let us remember with thanksgiving and with all honour before God and men, the members of this church and parish who have given their lives in the service of their country. The Vicar then read the roll of honour. The "Last Post" and the reveille were sounded by Mr. Sydney Howarth, and the service closed with the playing of the Dead March. Mr J. Armstead was at the organ.' https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000699/19230328/077/0006