Memorial

Longholme Wesleyan Methodist Church - WW1 and WW2

Longholme Methodist WW1 and WW2 Memorial - general view

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Current Location

Longholme Methodist Cemetery, Bacup Road, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 7ND, England

SD 81196 22772

Methodist

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 62834
Description: Botonne cross set on a fluted column, tapering plinth, and round base. There is a scrolled tablet for WW2 set against the base and the whole is surrounded by a low stone wall.
Inscription: West tablet: Unnamed at times, at times unknown/ Our graves lie thick beyond the seas;/ Unnamed but not by Him unknown;/ "He knows; He sees;" Scrolled tablet at foot of Memorial: 1939-1945/ (Names) East tablet: In Grateful and Loving/ Memory of the/ Lads of our Sunday School/ Who fell in the Great War/ 1914-1919/ They shall not grow old as we that/ are left grow old/ age shall not weary them, nor/ years condemn. South tablet: (Names) North tablet: (Names)

Cross

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Photograph & Full transcription-www.rossendale-fhhs.org.uk/files/war_memorials/longholme_methodist_memorial.html
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