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Blackpool

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By Metropole Hotel, Central Promenade, Princess Parade, Blackpool, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY1 1RA, England

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SD 30578 36487

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Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 565
Description: Granite obelisk on three-stepped plinth and set of square steps located on the seafront. Each side of the plinth has large bronze reliefs depicting allegories of Victory, Grief and Justice. There are also four smaller reliefs of servicemen. Alongside the main obelisk are two freestanding chest tombs with covers of cast bronze listing the names of the WW1 fallen. They are designed to be read as- South Side tomb, north side from east to west (Panel 1 begins with the 2 VC Winners), then south side from west to east and then North side tomb, north side from east to west, then south side from east to west. Each side has 16 panels so there are 64 names panels in total The WW2 names are on 18 panels below the east face of the cenotaph. There is also a round plaque on the west pillar of the entrance to the cenotaph area from the north poer which gives a brief history of the cenotaph
Inscription: Front face: IN MEMORY OF / OUR / GLORIOUS DEAD / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / Upper step: THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE LEST WE FORGET WW2 Names Plaque- Panel 1 Royal Navy/[41 names] Panel 2 Royal Navy/[39 names]/Fleet Air Arm/[2 names] Panel 3 Fleet Air Arm/10 names]/Royal Marines/[5 names]/Royal Armoured Corps/[25 names] Panel 4 Royal Armoured Corps/[6 names]/Royal Artillery/[35 names] Panel 5 Royal Artillery/[42 names] Panel 6 Royal Artillery/[10 names]/Corps of Royal Engineers/[10 names]/Royal Corps of Signals/[7 names]/Grenadier Guards/[6 names]/Coldstream Guards/[5 names] Panel 7 Coldstream Guards/[4 names]/Scots Guards/[name]/Irish Guards/[name]/Welsh Guards/[name]/The Royal Scots/[3 names]/The Kings Royal Regt/[7 names]/The Kings Royal Regt {HG}/[name]/The Kings Regt/[5 names]/The Royal Norfolk Regt/[name]/The Somerset Light Infantry/[name]/The West Yorkshire Regt/[name]/The Green Howards/[4 names] Panel 8 Lancashire Fusiliers/[6 names]/Royal Welch Fusiliers/[name]/South Wales Borderers/[name]/Kings Own Scottish Bor/[2 names]/Cameronians {S Rif}/[name]/East Lancashire Regt/[12 names]/Border Regt[2 names]/South Staffordshire Regt/[3 names]/South Lancashire R/[name]/Welch Regiment/[name]/Essex Regiment/[name] Panel 9 The Loyal Regiment/[12 names]/Northamptonshire R/[name]/The Queens Own RWKR/[name]/The Kings Own YL Inf/[name]/The Kings Shropshire LI/[name]/manchester Regt/[6 names]/Durham Light Infantry[/2 names]/Seaforth Highlanders/[name]/Gordon Highlanders/[4 names]/Royal Ulster Rifles/[name]/Royal Irish Fusiliers/[name] Panel 10 Argyll & Sutherland H/[5 names]/Army Air Corps/[6 names]/Brigade of Gurkhas]/[name]/Royal Army Service Corps/[17 names]/Royal Army Medical Corps/[2 names]/Royal Army Ordnance Corps/[4 names]//REME/[name] Panel 11 REME/[name]/Corps of Military Police/[2 names]/Pioneer Corps/[4 names]/Army Catering Corps/[name]/Terr Army Nursing Service/[name]/Aux Territorial Service/[3 names]/Royal Air Force/[24 names-A to C] Panel 12 Royal Air Force/[42 names-C to H] Panel13 Royal Air Force/[42 names-H to P] Panel 14 Royal Air Force/[42 names-P to Wh] Panel 15 Royal Air Force/[5 names-Wh to Wr]/WAAF/[name]/RCAF/[1 name]/Merchant Navy/[20 names]/Air Transport Auxiliary/[name]/National Fire Service/[name]/Service not known/[4 names] Panel 16 Additional names/Royal Navy/[6 names]/Fleet Air Arm/[2 names]/Royal Artillery/[6 names]/Kings Regiment/[name]/Royal Corps of Signals/[name]/Loyal Regiment/[name]/Royal Ulster Rifles/[name]/Royal Army Service Corps/[name]/Scots Guards/[name]/Royal Air Force/[8 names]/Merchant Navy/[name] Panel 17 Additional Names/Palestine Police/[name]/US Army Air Force/[name]/Royal Artillery/[name]/Royal Air Force/5 names]/Royal Irish Fusiliers/[name]/Royal Navy/[2 names]/Royal Field Artillery/[name]/Royal Engineers/[name]/Royal Artillery/[name]/Flying Officer/[name]/Royal Air Force/[name]/Royal Navy/[name] Panel 18 Modern Day Conflicts/[4 names] WW1 South Side Table Tomb- North Face Panel 1-VC Awards/[2 names]/Royal Navy/[11 names A to G] Panel 2-Royal Navy/[15 names H to W] Panel 3-Royal Horse Guards/[2 names]/9th Lancers/[1 name]/12th Royal Lancers/2 names]/Royal Irish Lancers/[name]/3rd Hussars/[name]/14th Hussars/[name] Panel 4-Duke of Lancasters Own Yeomanry/[2 names]/Warwickshire Yeomanry/[name]/Worcestershire Yeomanry/[name]/Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery/[8 names] Panel 5-Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery/[16 names C to F] Panel 6-Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery/[16 names H to W] Panel 7-Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery/[3 names W]/Royal Garrison Artillery/[12 names A to M] Panel 8-Royal Garrison Artillery/[8 names P to W]/Honourable Artillery Company/[name]/Royal Engineers/[5 names A] Panel 9-Royal Engineers/[16 names C to W] Panel 10-Grenadier Guards/[ 6 names]/Coldstream Guards/[6 names] Panel 11-Scots Guards/[6 names]/Irish Guards/[2 names]/East Kent Regiment/[5 names] Panel 12-Royal Warwickshire Regiment/[name]/Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment (KORL)/[13 names A to B] Panel 13-KORL/[16 names B to C] Panel 14-KORL/[16 names C] Panel 15-KORL/[16 names C to E] Panel 16-KORL/[16 names E to G] South Face Panel 1-KORL/[15 names G to H] Panel 2-KORL/[16 names H to L] Panel 3-KORL/[16 names L to M] Panel 4-KORL/[16 names N to R] Panel 5-KORL/[16 names R to S] Panel 6-KORL/[16 names S] Panel 7-KORL/[16 names S to W] Panel 8-KORL/[7 names W]/Kings Liverpool Regiment/[8 names-A] Panel 9-Kings Liverpool Regiment/[16 names-A to C] Panel 10-Kings Liverpool Regiment/[16 names-C to E] Panel 11-Kings Liverpool Regiment/[16 names-F to H] Panel 12-Kings Liverpool Regiment/[16 names-H to L] Panel 13-Kings Liverpool Regiment/[16 names-L to P] Panel 14-Kings Liverpool Regiment/[16 names-P to S] Panel 15-Kings Liverpool Regiment/[16 names-S to W] Panel 16-Kings Liverpool Regiment/[12 names-W to Y] WW1 North Side Table Tomb- North Face Panel 1-Northumberland Fusiliers/[8 names]/Royal Fusiliers/[6 names A to M] Panel 2-Royal Fusiliers/[5 names M to S]/Lincolnshire Regiment/[name]/Devonshire Light Infantry/[name]/Suffolk Regiment/[2 names]/West Yorkshire Regiment/[3 names] Panel 3-East Yorkshire Regiment/[2 names]/Leicestershire Regiment/[name]/Royal Irish Rifles/[2 names]/Yorkshire Regiment/[2 names]/Lancashire Fusiliers/[4 names] Panel 4-Lancashire Fusilers/[16 names] Panel 5-Lancashire Fusiliers/[name]/Royal Fusiliers/[4 names]/Cheshire Regiment/[9 names B to S] Panel 6-Cheshire Regiment/[3 names S to W]/Royal Welch Fusiliers/[12 names A to M] Panel 7-Royal Welch Fusiliers/[1 name P]/South Wales Borderers/[3 names]/KOSB/[2 names]/Scottish Rifles/[name]/Gloucestershire Regiment/[name]/Border Regiment/[3 names] Panel 8-Border Regiment/[12 names] Panel 9-East Lancashire Regiment/[15 names B to T] Panel 10-East Lancashire Regiment/[4 names]/East Surrey Regiment/[2 names]/Duke of Cornwalls Yorkshire Light Infantry/[name]/Royal Sussex Regiment/[name]/South Staffordshire Regiment/[2 names] Panel 11-South Lancashire Regiment/[2 names]/Welch Regiment/4 names]/Black Watch/[2 names]/Essex Regiment [1 name] {note to me this seems to be 1 name short} Panel 12-Loyal North Lancashire Regiment/[15 names A to F] Panel 13-Loyal North Lancashire Regiment/[16 names F to P] Panel 14-Loyal North Lancashire Regiment/[10 names R to W]/Royal Berkshire Regiment/[2 names]/Royal West Kent Regt/[name] Panel 15-Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry/[2 names]/Kings Shropshire Light Infantry/[10 names] Panel 16-Middlesex Regiment/[2 names]/Kings Royal Rifles/[3 names]/Manchester Regiment/[8 names A to F] South Face Panel 1-Manchester Regiment/[15 names G to W] Panel 2-Manchester Regiment/[2 names W]/North Staffordshire Regiment/[name]/York & Lancaster Regiment/[2 names]/Durham Light Infantry/[3 names]/Highland Light Infantry/[2 names] Panel 3-Seaforth Highlanders/[2 names]/Gordon Highlanders/[name]/Cameron Highlanders/[name]/Royal Irish Fusiliers/[name]/Royal Munster Fusiliers/[name]/Rifle Brigade/[4 names] Panel 4-Rifle Brigade/[name]/Army Cyclists Corps/[2 names]/Machine Gun Corps/[11 names] Panel 5-Machine Gun Corps/[2 names]/London Regiment/[11 names] Panel 6-Tank Corps/[2 names]/Monmouthshire Regiment/[name]/Herefordshire Regiment/[name]/Royal Army Service Corps/[8 names A to C] Panel 7-Royal Army Service Corps/[16 names D to K] Panel 8-Royal Army Service Corps/[12 names L to W]/Royal Army Medical Corps/[3 names C to G] Panel 9-Royal Army Medical Corps/[8 names H to W]/Royal Army Ordnance Corps/[3 names]/Royal Army Veterinary Corps/[name]/Royal Army Pay Corps/[name] Panel 10-Military Police/[3 names]/Royal Defence Corps/[2 names]/Canadian Expeditionary Force/[8 names B to H] Panel 11-Canadian Expeditionary Force/[8 names L to W]/Labour Corps/[2 names]/Australian & New Zealand Imperial Forces/[3 names A to C] Panel 12-Australian & New Zealand Imperial Forces/[12 names C to W]/Royal Air Force/[3 names B] Panel 13-Royal Air Force/[15 names] Panel 14-Alpine (Italian Regt)/[name]/(regiment not stated)/[9 names]/Staff Nurse/[name] Panel 15-(regiment not stated)/[19 names] Panel 16-(regiment not stated)/[19 names]

Memorial

Blackpool

Full-length picture of the obelisk

Source: Copyright Jan Creswell

1/11

Current Location

By Metropole Hotel, Central Promenade, Princess Parade, Blackpool, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY1 1RA, England

OS Grid Reference

SD 30578 36487

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Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 565
Description: Granite obelisk on three-stepped plinth and set of square steps located on the seafront. Each side of the plinth has large bronze reliefs depicting allegories of Victory, Grief and Justice. There are also four smaller reliefs of servicemen. Alongside the main obelisk are two freestanding chest tombs with covers of cast bronze listing the names of the WW1 fallen. They are designed to be read as- South Side tomb, north side from east to west (Panel 1 begins with the 2 VC Winners), then south side from west to east and then North side tomb, north side from east to west, then south side from east to west. Each side has 16 panels so there are 64 names panels in total The WW2 names are on 18 panels below the east face of the cenotaph. There is also a round plaque on the west pillar of the entrance to the cenotaph area from the north poer which gives a brief history of the cenotaph
Inscription: Front face: IN MEMORY OF / OUR / GLORIOUS DEAD / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / Upper step: THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE LEST WE FORGET WW2 Names Plaque- Panel 1 Royal Navy/[41 names] Panel 2 Royal Navy/[39 names]/Fleet Air Arm/[2 names] Panel 3 Fleet Air Arm/10 names]/Royal Marines/[5 names]/Royal Armoured Corps/[25 names] Panel 4 Royal Armoured Corps/[6 names]/Royal Artillery/[35 names] Panel 5 Royal Artillery/[42 names] Panel 6 Royal Artillery/[10 names]/Corps of Royal Engineers/[10 names]/Royal Corps of Signals/[7 names]/Grenadier Guards/[6 names]/Coldstream Guards/[5 names] Panel 7 Coldstream Guards/[4 names]/Scots Guards/[name]/Irish Guards/[name]/Welsh Guards/[name]/The Royal Scots/[3 names]/The Kings Royal Regt/[7 names]/The Kings Royal Regt {HG}/[name]/The Kings Regt/[5 names]/The Royal Norfolk Regt/[name]/The Somerset Light Infantry/[name]/The West Yorkshire Regt/[name]/The Green Howards/[4 names] Panel 8 Lancashire Fusiliers/[6 names]/Royal Welch Fusiliers/[name]/South Wales Borderers/[name]/Kings Own Scottish Bor/[2 names]/Cameronians {S Rif}/[name]/East Lancashire Regt/[12 names]/Border Regt[2 names]/South Staffordshire Regt/[3 names]/South Lancashire R/[name]/Welch Regiment/[name]/Essex Regiment/[name] Panel 9 The Loyal Regiment/[12 names]/Northamptonshire R/[name]/The Queens Own RWKR/[name]/The Kings Own YL Inf/[name]/The Kings Shropshire LI/[name]/manchester Regt/[6 names]/Durham Light Infantry[/2 names]/Seaforth Highlanders/[name]/Gordon Highlanders/[4 names]/Royal Ulster Rifles/[name]/Royal Irish Fusiliers/[name] Panel 10 Argyll & Sutherland H/[5 names]/Army Air Corps/[6 names]/Brigade of Gurkhas]/[name]/Royal Army Service Corps/[17 names]/Royal Army Medical Corps/[2 names]/Royal Army Ordnance Corps/[4 names]//REME/[name] Panel 11 REME/[name]/Corps of Military Police/[2 names]/Pioneer Corps/[4 names]/Army Catering Corps/[name]/Terr Army Nursing Service/[name]/Aux Territorial Service/[3 names]/Royal Air Force/[24 names-A to C] Panel 12 Royal Air Force/[42 names-C to H] Panel13 Royal Air Force/[42 names-H to P] Panel 14 Royal Air Force/[42 names-P to Wh] Panel 15 Royal Air Force/[5 names-Wh to Wr]/WAAF/[name]/RCAF/[1 name]/Merchant Navy/[20 names]/Air Transport Auxiliary/[name]/National Fire Service/[name]/Service not known/[4 names] Panel 16 Additional names/Royal Navy/[6 names]/Fleet Air Arm/[2 names]/Royal Artillery/[6 names]/Kings Regiment/[name]/Royal Corps of Signals/[name]/Loyal Regiment/[name]/Royal Ulster Rifles/[name]/Royal Army Service Corps/[name]/Scots Guards/[name]/Royal Air Force/[8 names]/Merchant Navy/[name] Panel 17 Additional Names/Palestine Police/[name]/US Army Air Force/[name]/Royal Artillery/[name]/Royal Air Force/5 names]/Royal Irish Fusiliers/[name]/Royal Navy/[2 names]/Royal Field Artillery/[name]/Royal Engineers/[name]/Royal Artillery/[name]/Flying Officer/[name]/Royal Air Force/[name]/Royal Navy/[name] Panel 18 Modern Day Conflicts/[4 names] WW1 South Side Table Tomb- North Face Panel 1-VC Awards/[2 names]/Royal Navy/[11 names A to G] Panel 2-Royal Navy/[15 names H to W] Panel 3-Royal Horse Guards/[2 names]/9th Lancers/[1 name]/12th Royal Lancers/2 names]/Royal Irish Lancers/[name]/3rd Hussars/[name]/14th Hussars/[name] Panel 4-Duke of Lancasters Own Yeomanry/[2 names]/Warwickshire Yeomanry/[name]/Worcestershire Yeomanry/[name]/Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery/[8 names] Panel 5-Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery/[16 names C to F] Panel 6-Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery/[16 names H to W] Panel 7-Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery/[3 names W]/Royal Garrison Artillery/[12 names A to M] Panel 8-Royal Garrison Artillery/[8 names P to W]/Honourable Artillery Company/[name]/Royal Engineers/[5 names A] Panel 9-Royal Engineers/[16 names C to W] Panel 10-Grenadier Guards/[ 6 names]/Coldstream Guards/[6 names] Panel 11-Scots Guards/[6 names]/Irish Guards/[2 names]/East Kent Regiment/[5 names] Panel 12-Royal Warwickshire Regiment/[name]/Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment (KORL)/[13 names A to B] Panel 13-KORL/[16 names B to C] Panel 14-KORL/[16 names C] Panel 15-KORL/[16 names C to E] Panel 16-KORL/[16 names E to G] South Face Panel 1-KORL/[15 names G to H] Panel 2-KORL/[16 names H to L] Panel 3-KORL/[16 names L to M] Panel 4-KORL/[16 names N to R] Panel 5-KORL/[16 names R to S] Panel 6-KORL/[16 names S] Panel 7-KORL/[16 names S to W] Panel 8-KORL/[7 names W]/Kings Liverpool Regiment/[8 names-A] Panel 9-Kings Liverpool Regiment/[16 names-A to C] Panel 10-Kings Liverpool Regiment/[16 names-C to E] Panel 11-Kings Liverpool Regiment/[16 names-F to H] Panel 12-Kings Liverpool Regiment/[16 names-H to L] Panel 13-Kings Liverpool Regiment/[16 names-L to P] Panel 14-Kings Liverpool Regiment/[16 names-P to S] Panel 15-Kings Liverpool Regiment/[16 names-S to W] Panel 16-Kings Liverpool Regiment/[12 names-W to Y] WW1 North Side Table Tomb- North Face Panel 1-Northumberland Fusiliers/[8 names]/Royal Fusiliers/[6 names A to M] Panel 2-Royal Fusiliers/[5 names M to S]/Lincolnshire Regiment/[name]/Devonshire Light Infantry/[name]/Suffolk Regiment/[2 names]/West Yorkshire Regiment/[3 names] Panel 3-East Yorkshire Regiment/[2 names]/Leicestershire Regiment/[name]/Royal Irish Rifles/[2 names]/Yorkshire Regiment/[2 names]/Lancashire Fusiliers/[4 names] Panel 4-Lancashire Fusilers/[16 names] Panel 5-Lancashire Fusiliers/[name]/Royal Fusiliers/[4 names]/Cheshire Regiment/[9 names B to S] Panel 6-Cheshire Regiment/[3 names S to W]/Royal Welch Fusiliers/[12 names A to M] Panel 7-Royal Welch Fusiliers/[1 name P]/South Wales Borderers/[3 names]/KOSB/[2 names]/Scottish Rifles/[name]/Gloucestershire Regiment/[name]/Border Regiment/[3 names] Panel 8-Border Regiment/[12 names] Panel 9-East Lancashire Regiment/[15 names B to T] Panel 10-East Lancashire Regiment/[4 names]/East Surrey Regiment/[2 names]/Duke of Cornwalls Yorkshire Light Infantry/[name]/Royal Sussex Regiment/[name]/South Staffordshire Regiment/[2 names] Panel 11-South Lancashire Regiment/[2 names]/Welch Regiment/4 names]/Black Watch/[2 names]/Essex Regiment [1 name] {note to me this seems to be 1 name short} Panel 12-Loyal North Lancashire Regiment/[15 names A to F] Panel 13-Loyal North Lancashire Regiment/[16 names F to P] Panel 14-Loyal North Lancashire Regiment/[10 names R to W]/Royal Berkshire Regiment/[2 names]/Royal West Kent Regt/[name] Panel 15-Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry/[2 names]/Kings Shropshire Light Infantry/[10 names] Panel 16-Middlesex Regiment/[2 names]/Kings Royal Rifles/[3 names]/Manchester Regiment/[8 names A to F] South Face Panel 1-Manchester Regiment/[15 names G to W] Panel 2-Manchester Regiment/[2 names W]/North Staffordshire Regiment/[name]/York & Lancaster Regiment/[2 names]/Durham Light Infantry/[3 names]/Highland Light Infantry/[2 names] Panel 3-Seaforth Highlanders/[2 names]/Gordon Highlanders/[name]/Cameron Highlanders/[name]/Royal Irish Fusiliers/[name]/Royal Munster Fusiliers/[name]/Rifle Brigade/[4 names] Panel 4-Rifle Brigade/[name]/Army Cyclists Corps/[2 names]/Machine Gun Corps/[11 names] Panel 5-Machine Gun Corps/[2 names]/London Regiment/[11 names] Panel 6-Tank Corps/[2 names]/Monmouthshire Regiment/[name]/Herefordshire Regiment/[name]/Royal Army Service Corps/[8 names A to C] Panel 7-Royal Army Service Corps/[16 names D to K] Panel 8-Royal Army Service Corps/[12 names L to W]/Royal Army Medical Corps/[3 names C to G] Panel 9-Royal Army Medical Corps/[8 names H to W]/Royal Army Ordnance Corps/[3 names]/Royal Army Veterinary Corps/[name]/Royal Army Pay Corps/[name] Panel 10-Military Police/[3 names]/Royal Defence Corps/[2 names]/Canadian Expeditionary Force/[8 names B to H] Panel 11-Canadian Expeditionary Force/[8 names L to W]/Labour Corps/[2 names]/Australian & New Zealand Imperial Forces/[3 names A to C] Panel 12-Australian & New Zealand Imperial Forces/[12 names C to W]/Royal Air Force/[3 names B] Panel 13-Royal Air Force/[15 names] Panel 14-Alpine (Italian Regt)/[name]/(regiment not stated)/[9 names]/Staff Nurse/[name] Panel 15-(regiment not stated)/[19 names] Panel 16-(regiment not stated)/[19 names]

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