Memorial

Colne - WW1 & WW2

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Current Location

Roadside, 54, Albert Road, Colne, Pendle, Lancashire, BB8 0AD, England

SD 88507 39962

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Type of Memorial: Other structure
WMR Reference Number: 3317
Description: Free-standing colonnade, open front and back with four square doric columns at the centre. Tablets mounted on the enclosed interior side walls have the names of First World War casualties. At the centre of the colonnade a Stone of Remembrance with a plaque commemorates Second World War casualties. The whole is on a stepped and sloped base.
Inscription: ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE. GREAT WAR/1914-1918/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE/ MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/ LEST WE FORGET

Maker(s): TH HARTLEY, Architect
Costs: £2,000
Maintenance History: An application to the Grants for War Memorials Scheme was received in 2011 and an offer of £3,915 was made, based on a total quote of £7,830. The project was to remove the split asphalt roof covering and relay, to remove ferrous cramps within the stone work which were causing damage and replace, to undertake stone repairs and re-pointing. In August 2012 a request was submitted to the Colne and District Committee to allocate funding from its capital programme allocation for 2012/2013 to cover the remaining cost and it was approved. 2011, November: Addition of the name of Sergeant John Baxter, Lancashire Fusiliers in the form of 'J. Baxter', inscribed on a marble tablet sited level with the existing tablet on the West wall. 2010, October: Cleaned and refurbished. Stonework cleaned and chemically washed, plaques cleaned and polished.