Memorial

Rawtenstall Cenotaph - WW1 and WW2

WMR 594 - Rawtenstall Cenotaph

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Library Gardens, Saint Mary's Way, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 6QU, England

SD 81072 22761

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Type of Memorial: Sculptured / Cast group
WMR Reference Number: 594
Description: Six-step base with plinth surmounted by an obelisk. Four figurative high relief panels are mounted at foot of obelisk: one on each face. Inscription plaques mounted on plinth and stone carved relief wreath and swags on alternate sides of plinth. FOUR GROUPS OF FIGURES: (1) ABOVE WWI INSCRIPTION - SOLDIER (ON CORNER); FARM LABOURER, WOMAN AND A CHILD, SAILOR AND WREN (2) ABOVE WREATH - AIRMAN, TWO NURSES, LABOURER, SERVICEWOMAN, SOLDIER (AS ABOVE) (3) ABOVE WWII INSCRIPTION - MEDICAL ORDERLY, MINER, FISHERMAN, OFFICER, AIRMAN (AS ABOVE) (4) ABOVE WREATH - SAILOR (AS ABOVE), COAL MINERS, RAILWAYMEN, MEDICAL ORDERLY (AS ABOVE)
Inscription: 6 O'CLOCK FACE: A TRIBUTE OF HONOUR/ TO THE MEN WHO/ MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ TO THE MEN WHO CAME BACK/ AND TO THOSE WHO WORKED AT HOME/ TO WIN SAFETY FOR THE EMPIRE/ 1914-1918 12 O'CLOCK FACE: TO THE MEMORY OF/ ALL WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE/ OF THEIR COUNTRY DURING THE SECOND/ WORLD WAR/ ALL WHO SERVED ON SEA LAND OR IN THE AIR/ AND ALL WHO WORKED AND SERVED AT HOME/ 1939 - 1945

Maker(s): Louis Frederick Roslyn RBS, Sculptor
Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: 2009: (Nov) Second World War plaque replaced. ; (July) Bronze inscription plaques stolen. Council is preparing replacements.' 1982: BRONZE PLAQUE REMOVED BY VANDALS AND REPLACED BY STONEMASON.