Memorial

Bethel Baptist Church - WW1 and WW2

Memorial

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Current Location

Beside the front door of the theatre, which is in the former Sunday School building, Rossendale Players Millennium Theatre (formerly Bethel Baptist School), Burnley Road East, Waterfoot, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 9AR, England

OS Grid Reference

SD 83480 22112

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 63030
Description: Rectangular stone tablet attached to a wall with a triangular pediment and carved wreath. Addition of plate "1939-1945" commemorates subsequent war.
Inscription: IN MEMORIAM/ ERECTED IN HONOUR/ AND MEMORY/ OF THE MEN ASSOCIATED/ WITH THIS/ CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL/ WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES/ IN THE EUROPEAN WAR/ 1914-1918/ "I WITH UNCOVERED HEAD/ SALUTE THE SACRED DEAD/ WHO WENT AND WHO RETURNED NOT"/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"/ Ecclesiasticus XLIV v.XIV./ (Addition) 1939-1945.

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)

War: Second World War (1939-1945)

Conservation

Components

Tablet

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Further Information

Photograph-http://www.rossendale-fhhs.org.uk/files/war_memorials/bethel_baptist_war_memorial.html
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/community/7010
Church Centenary 1954 - Historical Survey of the Church and School 1839 - 1954. (family collection)