Memorial

Darwen

Source: Copyright Jane Knight

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Current Location

Bold Venture Park, Inverness Road, Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB3 2SE, England

OS Grid Reference

SD 68931 21864

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Allegory (eg: Victory)
WMR Reference Number: 3292
Description: Winged Victory on tall square pedestal. Life size relief panels depicting a soldier and a sailor set into the sides of the pedestal. On three stepped square base
Inscription: (SIDE 1) IN GRATEFUL/ MEMORY/ AND TO THE HONOUR/ OF/ OVER 1200 CITIZENS/ OF/ THIS TOWN WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ AND THOSE WHOM DIED/ IN THE WAR OF/ 1939 - 1945/ LEST WE FORGET (SIDE 2) THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ HONOUR THE DEAD (SIDE 3) IS IT NOTHING TO YOU/ ALL YE WHO PASS BY (SIDE 4) THEY SHALL NOT GROW (SIC) OLD/ WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD/ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM/ NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/ GEATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)

War: Second World War (1939-1945)

History

Maker(s): Louis Frederick Roslyn RBS, Sculptor

Ceremonies

Unveiled

27 September 1921

Mrs Chadwick who had lost three sons and a fourth was disabled. Her ex-serviceman husband also died

Conservation

Components

Plinth

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Relief

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

Figure

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

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Darwen

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