Memorial

Burnley

Full frontal view

Source: Copyright Lisa Jennings

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Current Location

Towneley Park, Burnley, Burnley, Lancashire, BB11 3RQ, England

SD 85546 30858

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Type of Memorial: Cenotaph
WMR Reference Number: 82550
Description: Cenotaph on a plinth of granite with bronze side figures. Allegory - the top of the Cenotaph is sculptured into three figures representing the Navy, Army and Air Force. At each side of the Cenotaph is a female figure, the one on the left representing a mother bringing the wreath and the other on the right representing the sister or wife bringing the garlands.
Inscription: (FRONT FACE): THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF BURNLEY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN IN THE GREAT/ WAR 1914-1918./ MAKE THEM TO BE NUMBERED WITH THY SAINTS/ IN GLORY EVERLASTING/ THIS MONUMENT STANDS ALSO IN HONOUR OF THSE WHO DIED FOR OUR FREEDOM 1939-1945 (REAR FACE): THE SUM NECESSARY FOR THE ERECTION OF THIS/ MEMORIAL WAS BEQUEATHED BY CALEB THORNBER JP,/ A FORMER MAYOR AND ALDERMAN OF THIS/ BOROUGH, TO ENSURE THAT THE SACRIFICE COM/ -MEMORATED SHOULD EVER BE HELD IN GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE. THE GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE/ WAS PROVIDED BY THE TOWNSPEOPLE OF BURNLEY. On the Cenotaph: Make them to be numbered with Thy Saints in Glory everlasting. On the base of the Memorial: The sum necessary for the erection of this Memorial was bequeathed by Caleb Thornber, J.P., a former Mayor and Alderman of this Borough, to ensure that the sacrifice which it commemorates should be ever held in grateful remembrance. The Garden of Remembrance was provided by the Townspeople of Burnley.

Maker(s): Walter Gilbert and Louis Weingartner, Designer
H H Martyn and Co., Makers
Maintenance History: nd original 1926 lead planters removed from surround 2014 cleaned 2008: Overgrown trees removed, stonework cleaned, pond restored, paving relaid, topiary reinstated in containers and yew hedges rejuvenated.