Memorial

Bradshaw Cricket Club - WW1 And WW2

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Bradshaw War Memorial Cricket and Bowling Club, off Bradshaw Brow, Bradshaw, Bolton, Greater Manchester, BL2 3EQ, England

SD 73362 12362

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Type of Memorial: Park / Sports field
WMR Reference Number: 43703
Description: Cenotaph and cricket ground dedicated in memory of the Bradshaw Cricket Club casualties of the First World War. Also a landscaped embankment extension commemorating casualties of the Second World War. The Cenotaph is formed of a tapering plinth surmounted by a pyrimidic casket top and is set on a two step base. On the 9 O'Clock face is a carved relief of a crossed sword and rifle with a wreath a ribbon above them. On the 3 O'Clock face is a carved relief of cricket stumps with the bails being knocked off by the ball. Below the stumps is a wreath and two crossed cricket bats. The landscaped embankment extension is terraced with seating. A cross commemorating Second World War casualties is cited in the extension.
Inscription: 12 O'Clock face: THIS STONE OF REMEMBRANCE IS ERECTED BY/ LT. COL. H. D. HARDCASTLE TO/ COMMEMORATE THE GREAT SACRIFICE OF 23 MEMBERS OF/ BRADSHAW CRICKET CLUB WHO GAVE THIER LIVES FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR, AND THIS CRICKET GROUND IS/ FOREVER DEDICATED TO THEIR HEROIC MEMORY/ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE. 6 o'clock face- [names] 6 O'Clock face: 1914 - 1919/ (...)/ (...) GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US IN THE GREAT WAR/ (Names)

Maintenance History: 1951: The extension was dedicated to the memory of those who died in World War Two. ; 1948: A further extension to the field took place.; 1921: The Cenotaph and cricket field were dedicated in memory of First World War casualties of the Club. ; 2016-War Memorials Trust Grant of £1,070 for gentle cleaning with water & bristle brusdhes to improve legibility, also some lime mortar pointing