Memorial

St Wilfrids Church

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Current Location

St Wilfrid's Church, Derby Road, Longridge, Ribble Valley, Lancashire, PR3 3JT, England

OS Grid Reference

SD 60129 37458

Denomination

Roman Catholic

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Sculptured / Cast group
WMR Reference Number: 42584
Description: Carved Portland stone memorial featuring the dying Christ on the Cross gazing down at a dying soldier lying at the foot of the cross, who is gazing up at Christ. Mounted on a plinth above a white marble block which carries the Great War inscription and names on the front face, with the WW2 memorial on the 9 o'clock face. The whole is mounted on a sandstone base, on a bed of green grass, surrounded by a sandstone kerb carrying wrought iron railings with gilded tips.
Inscription: Face 1: IN HOLY REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THIS CONGREGATION/ WHO NOBLY LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919./ (Names)/ "IT IS BETTER FOR US TO DIE IN BATTLE, THAN TO SEE THE MISERIES OF OUR PEOPLE,/ AND THE DESECRATION OF OUR HOLY PLACES" 1 MACHABEES III 59/ R.I.P./ Face 2: ALSO/ WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (Names)/

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 22
Died: 22
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, date of death, age
Order of names: date of death

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 8
Died: 8
Information shown: surname, forename, rank, year of death
Order of names: year of death THEN surname

History

Maker(s): Alberti Lupton and Co, Sculptor
MR W ALMOND, Builder
Costs: £346.15.1

Ceremonies

Unveiled

14 March 1920

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St Wilfrids Church

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St Wilfrids Church

Current Location

OS Grid Reference

Denomination

Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Ceremonies

Conservation

Components

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