This church was located at Belgrave Square.
The Memorial is now held at Central United Reform Church, Duckworth Street, Darwen
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The WW1 and WW2 Memorial
The Memorial took the shape of an elaborately carved oak communion table with brass plaques for WW1 and WW2. The WW1 plaque is inscribed;
THIS COMMUNION TABLE WAS ERECTED BY THE
WORSHIPERS AT THIS CHURCH IN ABIDING AND
AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF THE
BELGRAVE MEN WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
Names
“THESE WERE THE GLORY OF THEIR TIMES”
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The WW1 Brass Plaque
The names of the 43 men gave their lives are given in three columns they are;
Ainsworth, James; Ainsworth, John; Ashton, E.D.; Aspden, J. Aspden, W.; Bailey, C.; Briggs, H.; Chadwick, A.; Crankshaw, E.; Crankshaw, F.; Cuthbert, A.; Duxbury, G.; Duxbury, T.; Entwistle, J.S.; Fielden, W.L.; Fish, F.; Gilligan, J.; Harwood, S.; Heys, E.; Heys, E.; Heys, F.; Holden, W.; Hough, J.H.; Kay, B.; Kay, W.; Kershaw, J.; Loftus, J.R.; Moore, H.; Morton, J.H.; Noblett, H.; Peacock, G.L.; Pickles, T.S.; Preston, R.; Riding, J.; Schofield, T.H.; Tomlinson, J.; Waddicor, J.J.; Walkden, J.W.; Walmsley, J.; Watson, J.; Watson, T.; Whalley, G.R.; Youd, R.
The memorial was unveiled Sunday 29th May 1921 by Alderman F. Hindle and dedicated by the Rev. J. Emrys Morgan.
WW2.
A brass plaque as the inscription;
IN THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF THE MEN OF
BELGRAVE
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 – 1945
(NAMES)
"THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD
AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"
The names of the three men are;
Kay, Edwin; Kay, Levi; Livesey Ellison, Norman.
No further information at this time.
Darwen News: 4th June 1921.
War Memorial Ref No.: 15588.
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The Memorial was of oak and was inscribed with 70 names, 8 of which gave their lives.
It was unveiled on Sunday the 5th of March 1922 by Alderman F. Hindle.
No more Information at this time.
Darwen News: 11 March 1922.
Blackburn Weekly Telegraph: 11th March 1922.
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This Church was located on Blackburn Road, Darwen.
The Memorial consisted of two oak tablets with inscribed gilt lettering. They were fixed on the western wall of the church.
An inscription reads:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE
CONNECTED WITH THIS CHURCH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
GREAT EUROPEAN WAR
1914-1919
The names of the 22 men on the Memorial are:
Ainsworth, Harry; Bamford, James; Baron, J.W.; Beale, William; Cooper, John; Eccles, James; Elison, J. Harold; Entwistle, Harold; Evans, Joseph; Farrand, Frank; Forrest, Henry D.; Forrest, J. Gerald; Harwood, Ernest; Harwood, Harry; Holgate, William L.; Hunter, George; Ingham, Robert; Lingard, Vernon; Mason, Frank; Mellor, Richard; Newby, Fred; Norris, James R.; Pearson, George; Plummer, Joshua; Shorrock Bernard; Singleton, Gilbert; Slater, Richard.
The memorial was unveiled on Sunday 6 March 1921 by ex-Mayor, T.E. Holgate and Councillor T.W.A. Forrest
Another Memorial was an organ which was dedicated to those who gave their lives and a thanksgiving for those who returned from WW1. It was opened and dedicated on Tuesday 10th May 1921 by the Rev. W.H. Gidds. J.E. Jepson presided at the organ.
Darwen News: 12th march 1921.
Blackburn Weekly Telegraph 14th May 1921.
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The Memorial was an oak frame with the photographs of the 7 men from the school who gave their lives
It was unveiled by H.D. Ashton on Sunday the 6th March 1921.
No Further Information at this time.
Darwen News: 12th March 1921.
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This Baptist Chapel was located on Bolton Road, Darwen.
The memorial (no description given) contained the names, photographs and date of death of 8 men belonging to the church who gave their lives in WW1.
An Inscription reads:
We Thank God For Every Remembrance Of Those True
British Heroes Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice In
The Great European War
1914–1919.
From The Baptist Woman’s Roll Of Honour Class
Greater Love Hath No Man Than This That
A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friend
Their Names Liveth For Evermore
The names of the 8 Men were;
Atherton, John; Elder, James; Hague, Joseph E.; Heyes, Thomas; Leach, Hubert; Ratcliffe, James B.; Ratcliffe, William; Williams, John.
The Memorial was unveiled by Gladys Williams, the daughter of the first man from the chapel to give his life, and dedicated by the Rev E.J. Corden, Pastor, on Sunday the 10th August 1919.
Darwen Gazette: 16th August 1919.
The Church was located on Bolton Road, Darwen.
The Memorial was of bronze with on a domed top, on this was a cross with HIS—the name of Jesus—entwined into it, it was originally mounted on a black marble base. There is a boarder around the tablet decorated with flowers and leaves. An inscription on the tablet reads;
In Loving Memory Of The Men Who Gave
Their Lives In The Great War
1914–1919
Names
Greater Love Hath No Man Than This
Their Names Liveth On For Evermore.
The names on the of the 16 men who gave their lives are given in three columns they are;
Ainsworth, Fred; Bury, Thomas; Calvert, Herbert; Calvert, William; Calvert, Thomas; Denny, Thomas H.; Hall, John W.; Hedditch, George; Holden, Ben, B.; Holden, Herbert; Jepson, Herbert; Kay, William; Lightfoot, Norman; Lowe, Hubert; Marsden, John T.; Smith, Ernest;
The unveiling was performed by T. Walmsley, church secretary, and the dedication by the Rev. Benjamin Bee, on Sunday 18th April 1920.
WW1 Memorial Contains 16 Names
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WW2
Just beneath the WW1 Memorial is a square brass tablet with the following inscription:
In Everlasting Remembrance Of The Men Of This Church
Who Gave Their Lives In The 1939–1945 War
Names
They Died That We May Live
The names of the 8 men are;
Cooper, Leslie; Fish, Wilfred; Harwood, Ernest; Haslam, Leslie W.; Sanderson, Claude; Sharples, Frank; Smith, Harry; Walmsley, Alfred.
WW2 Memorial Contains 8 Names
© Albert Gavagan (WMR-51310)
Darwen News: 24th April 1920.
Darwen Advertiser: 23th April 1920.
Darwen Gazette: 24th April 1920.
Blackburn Weekly Telegraph 24th April 1920.
War Memorial Ref. No.: 51310, 51311
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The Memorial comprised a large tablet of Sicilian marble mounted on brown stone. It was built into the wall of the vestibule of the chapel.
An inscription read;
In Memory of Our Comrades Who Died That We Might Live
Then followed the names of the 17 men who gave their lives—no names given.
There then follows, in four columns, the names of 100 men from the Church and Sunday School who served in the services—no names given. The Work was carried out by Messrs. Braithwaite and Sons and various masons.
Accompanying the marble tablet was an oak frame containing the photographs of the 17 men who died.
The memorial was unveiled Sunday 4th July 1920 by John Tomlinson, Superintendent of the Sunday School
This WW1 Memorial consisted of two rooms in connection with the school set aside for the institute. There was a billiard table in each room and other arrangements for games. The Darwen News states that “nearly 150 of the boys and young men in connection with the Bolton Road Wesleyan Sunday School have seen service in the war” It also says, that 16 of these men gave their lives and that 71 had made the supreme sacrifice from the Bolton Road, Railway Road and Blackburn Road Churches.
The informal Opening of the institute took place on Saturday 12th April 1919. It was opened officially on the 27th of March 1920 by the Rev. E.J. Corden.
Darwen News: 19th April 1919.
Darwen Advertiser April 1st 1920.
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The Central United Reformed Church in Duckworth Street, Darwen was formerly know as Duckworth Street Congregational Church.
In the new worship centre there are two War memorials:
The first for the Duckworth Street War Dead of the two World Wars and a large wooden Communion table dedication to the War Dead from Belgrave Congregational Church. This church this still exists because it is a listed building and is now being developed for flats by a private owner.
On the Central Memorial you can find the names of several church members and associates. There were 11 Scouts from Duckworth Street Scout Group including Jonathan Walkden and Victor Servies who died in the Great War and an Accrington Pal named George Pickup who was a church member. The service of Scouts, then Boy Scouts was mentioned in the Troop log as ,"Eight members of our members have joined Lord Kitcheners Army". Of course these were not the only ones as more joined and sadly were killed as the war progressed.
View of plaques on the rear wall of the Central United Reformed Church on Duckworth Street, Darwen which are a memorial for men who were killed during World War One and Two. The names on the plaque for World War One are: Ralph Ashton, Moses Cocker, James Duxbury, Edgar E. Eccles, Ralph Eccles, R. Thomas Eccles, Albert Entwistle, Thomas Hall, William Hall, James A. Halliwell, Ed. Hargreaves, Stafford Hargreaves, Stanley Hargreaves, Squire Haworth, Wm. Thomas Holden, Thomas Houghton, John Lee, Thomas Leigh, Cecil Lomax, Albert Marsden, Alfred Marsden, Albert E. Martin, Fred Mossop, John Neville, George Pickup, Victor Leon Servais, Edgar Thompson, Jonathan Walkden, Fred Waring, George Williams, Albert Worstwick and James Yates. The names on the plaque for World War Two are: Ronald Marsden and John Shorrock.
View of a plaque on the Communion Table from Belgrave Meeting House
as a memorial for men killed during World War Two.
The names on the plaque are: Norman Ellison, Edwin Kay and Levi Livesey Kay.
View of a plaque on the Communion Table from Belgrave Meeting House
as a memorial for men killed during World War One.
This church was located on Duckworth Street, Darwen.
Its Memorial was a brass tablet in an oak frame with carved inscription in black lettering there is a single line border around each section of text. It has a leaf design at the top centre of the tablet. The whole is set in the wall of the church. The Inscription reads;
1914 1918
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF THE
GALLANT MEN OF THIS CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR JUSTICE
TRUTH AND LIBERTY IN THE GREAT WAR
NAMES
THIS TABLET WAS ADDED TO THE EXISTING WAR MEMORIAL IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR
NAMES
THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
THEIR BODIES ARE BURIED IN PEACE BUT THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
1939 - 1945
Names of the 35 men;
Ashton, Ralph S.; Cocker, Moses; Crook, H.; Duxbury, James; Eccles, Edgar E.; Eccles Ralph: Eccles, Tom; Entwistle, Albert; Entwistle Joseph; Hall, Thomas; Hall, William; Halliwell, James A.; Hargreaves, Edward, Hargreaves Stafford; Hargreaves, Stanley; Haworth, Squire; Holden William Thomas; Houghton, Thomas; Lee, John; Leigh Thomas; Lomax, Cecil; Martin, Albert E.; Marsden, Albert; Marsden, Alfred; Mossop, Fred; Neville, John; Pickup, George; Servais, Victor Leon; Thompson, Edgar; Thompson, Harry; Waring, Fred; Walkden, Johnathan; Williams, George; Worswick, Albert; Yates, James.
The memorial was unveiled and dedicated on Sunday 29th August 1920 by the Rev. Hamilton John.
On Saturday the 10th of January 1920, photographs of those men of the church and school who had given their lives in WW1 were unveiled at Duckworth Street Congregational school by the Rev. Professor E.J. Price. The photographs were inlaid in a buff mounting within a frame and under each were the names of the men. An inscription read:
IN MEMORY OF 1914–1919
DUCKWORTH STREET CONGREGATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL, DARWEN.
WW2
The WW2 Memorial is part of the above Memorial
In 1996 the Memorial was renovated and re-mounted on a new oak board.
Darwen Advertiser: 17th January 1920, 3 September 1920.
Darwen Gazette: 4th September 1920.
Blackburn Times: 4th September 1920.
Blackburn Weekly Telegraph: 17th January 1920.
War Memorial Ref. No.: 18587.
Located on Duckworth Street.
This Memorial contained the names of nearly 200 men of the Church and school who served in WW1, 25 of who gave their lives.
The unveiling took place on the 28th of January 1920 and was performed by Aleimus Holt who was secretary of the comforts for the troop’s fund.
No further information at this time
Darwen News: 21st February 1920.
Blackburn Weekly Telegraph: 21st February 1920.
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Highfield U.R.C. is located on Highfield Road.
Its War Memorial is a wooden communion table with two brass plaques placed side by side, one for WW1 and the other for WW2. On the first plaque the inscription reads;
To The Memory Of The Men
Who From This Church And School
Made The Supreme Sacrifice
In The Great War
1914 – 1918
Their Names Liveth For Evermore
© Albert Gavagan (WMR-51315)
The WW1 and WW2 War Memorial table
The other plaque has the inscription;
To The Memory Of The Men
Who From This Church And School
Made The Supreme Sacrifice
In World War Ii
1939 – 1945
Their Names Liveth For Evermore
There are no names given on the Memorial.
The Memorial was unveiled on Sunday 14th November 1920 by Rev. J.W. Ffoulkes.
There is no other information at this time.
Blackburn Weekly Telegraph: 20th November 1920.
War Memorial Ref. No.: 51315
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The Wesleyan Chapel was located on Queen Street, Hoddlesden.
The Memorial took the form of a Tablet on which was inscribed;
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL
MEMORY OF THOSE CONNECTED WITH
THIS CHAPEL WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR
1914–1919
Names
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAT
HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE
The names of the 7 men who gave their lives were;
Briggs, R.; Briggs, T.H; Johnson, T; Marsden, H.; Marsden, N.; Riley; C.; Summerfield, R.
The Memorial was unveiled by Mr. Bateson and dedicated by the Rev W.H. Gibb on Sunday 31st July 1921.
Blackburn Times: 6th August 1921.
Blackburn Weekly Telegraph: 6th August 1921.
War Memorial Ref. No.: 51345.
Hollins Grove Congregational Church is located at Hawkshaw Avenue, Darwen.
The memorial is a mosaic erected in the chancel. It contains a reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's “The Last Super" with side tablets.
At the very top is the Inscription:
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
The left-hand tablet:
TO
THE GREATER GLORY
OF GOD
AND IN UNDYING MEMORY
OF THOSE
FROM THIS CHURCH
WHO LEFT ALL
AND GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE CAUSE
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
IN THE GREAT WAR
AD 1914–1919
And at the bottom
THIS DO IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME
The right-hand tablet contains the name of the 21 men who gave their lives, they are;
Bowron, H.; Duerden, J.; Hamblett, W.; Holden, J.; Holden, J.; Holden, T.; Hollows, F.; Hollows, H.; Kay, W.; Lawreson, R.; Lawreson, W.; Lightbown, B. Longworth, G.W.; Longworth, H.; Longworth, L.; Longworth, W.H.; Marsden, J.; Marsden, W.; Pickup, J.W.; Sprague, B.; Sprague, J.;
The Memorial was unveiled by Major Hubert B. Eccles and dedicated by the Rev. C. Nicholson on the 10th April 1921.
WW2
There is a World War Two Memorial on polished oak board in the form of a scrawl.
An Inscription reads:
IN THANKS GIVING FOR ALL THOSE
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CHURCH WHO SERVED
THEIR COUNTRY DURING THE WORLD WAR
1939–1945
AND IN GRATEFUL AND HONOURED MEMORY OF
THE FOLLOWING WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
NAMES
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
The 4 names on the board of those who gave their lives are;
Bush. Rev William G., Pastor 1935–1940; Jeffrey, William; Jepson, Eric; Ward, Joseph W.
World War Two Memorial Plaque
Blackburn Weekly Telegraph: 16th April 1921.
War Memorial Ref. No.; 51316, 51317.
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Lower Chapel United Reformed Church World War One and Two Memorial
The Chapel is located at Chapel's, Darwen.
The WWI Memorial tablet is of Sicilian Marble and is situated in the porch of the chapel. It is of white marble, measuring 5ft by 3ft. The work was carried out by the Darwen Sculptors Redman Brothers. An inscription reads:
IHS
The Great War 1914–19
Erected To The Glory Of God And The Beloved Memory
Of The Members Of This Church And Sunday School Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice
It contains the names of 32 members of the Chapel and Sunday School who gave their lives, they are;
Aspden, William E; Bury Thomas H.; Baron Richard; Bale William H.; Crompton, John E.; Davies William; Duxbury James; Entwistle, John; Entwistle Walter; Entwistle Richard; Ellison, Ernest; Fowden, James; Higham, Herbert; Hacking, Leonard; Hunter, George; Holden John; Kay, William K.; Lightbown, William; Martin, Albert E.; Martin William; Marsden Richard; Marsden John T. Marsden John H.; Mather, Amos; Mills, Fred; Riley, Gilbert; Smith, Jonathan E.; Smalley, William; Walsh, Anyon; Walsh, Joseph K.; West, William E.; Young, William E.
The Memorial was unveiled by William Crompton and dedicated by Rev A. Bond on Sunday 30th January 1921.
WWII
Is at the bottom of the WWI Memorial
An Inscription reads
Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That
A Man Lay Down His Lfe For His Friends 1939–1945
The one man who gave his life is;
Kenneth Billington.
© Albert Gavagan (WMR-18589)
Lower Chapel United Reformed Church
World War One and Two Memorial Names
Darwen News: 5th February 1921.
Darwen Advertiser: 4th Feb 1921.
Blackburn Weekly Telegraph: 5th February 1921
War Memorial Ref. No.: 18589
This Church was located on Lynwood Road.
The Memorial was an oak mural tablet containing the names of 7 members of the Church and Sunday School who gave their lives and the names of the members who served in WW1.It was unveiled on 5th March 1922 by Earnest Nightingale.
No further information at this time.
Darwen News: 11th March 1922
Blackburn Weekly Telegraph: 11th March 1922.
The old chapel is situated, Long Hey Lane Hoddlesden prior to this it was at Pickup Bank Congregational New Chapel, Johnson New Road, Hoddlesden
The Memorial dedicated to the men of the church and Sunday School is located in front of a stained-glass window. It is of white marble and once had a marble pediment with initials of HIS which is from Greek and is an abbreviation of the name of Jesus. The pediment now lies in front of the tablet. All lettering is done in black.
© Albert Gavagan (WMR-80543)
An inscription reads:
1914 THE GREAT WAR 1919
ERECTED
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND THE BELOVED MEMORY OF THE
MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH & SUNDAY SCHOOL
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
Names
“THERE NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”
There are 12 names of the men who gave their lives on the Memorial, they are:
Bowker, Joseph; Cooper, Thomas; Crompton, John; Harwood, Arthur; Harwood, Edmund, Harwood, Frank; Harwood, Hubert; Heap, Christopher; Watson, John W.; Wellington, H. Townsend; West, John; Wood, Hubert.
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It was unveiled on Sunday 13th November 1921 by the Rev. Henry Ogle.
War Memorial Ref. No.: 80543.
The Roll of Honour contained the names of those men and women belonging to the Church and school who served in WW1. It was unveiled and dedicated on Sunday the 26th of November 1922 by the Rev W.H. Gibbs.
There was also a Tablet of Bronze placed on the pulpit as a memorial of the 31 members of the church who gave their lives
No further information at this time.
Blackburn Weekly Telegraph: 2nd December 1922.
Darwen News: 2nd December 1922.
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Location of Church Red Earth Road (demolished 1964–1965).
The Original memorial was a marble tablet with the names of 31 men from the Church and School who gave their lives in WWI. The Memorial was unveiled by the Rev. John Hodges on Sunday 5th September 1920. In October 1964 the church was due for demolition, and so the trustees of the church with the help of the Town Council found a site in Darwen’s Western Cemetery between the two lodge houses. In 2010 the stone was rediscovered by the Friends of Darwen Cemetery, but it was broken in two, with the right-hand section missing, along with the names.
© Tony Foster (WMR-77688)
Fortunately the names of the men together with the inscription was reported in the Darwen Weekly Advertiser of Friday 10th September 1920.
The Inscription reads;
1914–1919
This Tablet Was Erected To The Memory Of The Men Of The Church
And Sunday School Who Fell In The Great European War
Names
These Are They Which Came Out Of Great Tribulation
The names of the 31 men are;
Ainsworth, Thomas; Bennetts, Nicholas V.; Briggs, Joseph R.; Briggs Ralph; Brindle, John C.; Bury, Hubert; Duckworth, Wallace; Eccles, Harry; Harwood, Edward; Harwood, Samuel; Harwood, William, H.; Haworth, Hubert; Jackson, Benjamin; Jepson, Hubert A.; Jepson Samuel; Kay, Harold; Kirkham, William T.; Lomax, John Richard; Neville, John; Sculley, John; Shorrock, Ralph; Smith, Fred; Smith, James; Smith, William J.; Taylor, Samuel; Walkden, John W.; Ward, James H.; Ward, Samuel; Whalley, Irving; Williams, Frank; Woodall, Walter.
A granite replica was made by Brent Stephenson Memorials Ltd. with the help of Gwen and Allan Hampson of Dumfries. The replica was placed opposite the Cross of Sacrifice in the Western Cemetery, close to the war memorial from the former Park Road Primitive Methodist Church. The original memorial was repaired and is now located in the Darwen Aldridge Community Academy.
© Tony Foster (WMR-42314)
Darwen News: 11th September 1920
Darwen Weekly Advertiser 10th September 1920.
Blackburn Times: 11 September 1920.
War Memorial Ref. No.: 77688.
Booklet: Redearth Road Methodist Church War Memorial, by Tony Foster.
This marble Memorial tablet, for the Wood Street Corps of the Salvation Army was set in the wall of Wood Street Hall. The names of those who gave their lives were inscribed on it in gilt lettering. There is no information as to any other inscription. The names of the 19 men who gave their lives are;
Briggs, E.; Briggs, J.; Briggs, J.; Briggs, J.H; Briggs, W.; Chadwick, W.; Cox, H.; Crook, T.; Farnworth, A.; Field, T.; Green, J.W.; Heap, J.; Lomax, J.J.; Morris, W.; Pickup, H.; Richardson, W.T.; Smith, J.; Taylor, S.; Turnbull, D.;
The Memorial was unveiled on Sunday 2nd May 1920 by Captain Trendell.
Darwen News: 8th May 1920.
Spring Vale Methodist Church is located at Watery Lane Darwen.
The memorial is a nowy-headed marble tablet with IHS, the first three letters of the name of Jesus, at the top centre. It was set into the wall of the Church. All the lettering is in black.
An inscription reads;
1914 THE GREAT WAR 1919
ERECTED
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND THE BELOVED MEMORY OF THE
MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH & SUNDAY SCHOOL
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
There are 14 names on the Memorial, they are;
Ashworth, James; Aspden, William; Aspden, George W.S.; Cocker, Gladstone; Holden, John; Holden, Briggs; Haslam, Lee; Harwood, Richard; Mather, Isaac; Trevor, William; Waddicor, John W.; Whewell, John; Yates, Thomas.
The Memorial was made by Messrs. Redman, brothers. It was unveiled by William Harwood, and dedicated by the Rev. James Grant, on the 10th of April 1921.
There was also a brass plaque mounted on oak board made by James Smith and Ralph Ainsworth this Roll of Honour is for the 119 who served and returned. this is now lost.
An inscription reads
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH SPRING LANE DARWEN
ROLL OF HONOUR AND THANKOFFERING FOR THE MEN
CONNECTED WITH THIS CHURCH WHO HAVE
RETURNED FROM THE GREAT WAR
1914 -19
Names
THE LIGHT OF OUR GOOD DEEDS IS ETERNAL
The names are not known. This Roll of Honour was unveiled on 1st October 1921.
WW2
This memorial is also of marble it is an oblong in shape.
The inscription reads;
1939-1945
Names
“GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT
A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND”
There are 4 names on it, they are;
Bennett, Percy; Hacking, Andrew; Harwood Frank; Parr, Allan
Darwen News: 16th April 1921.
Blackburn Weekly Telegraph: 16th April 1921
War Memorial Ref. No.: 51321, 51322.
View of a headstone from World War One belonging to
Private James Holland at Tockholes United Reformed Church.
View of a headstone from World War One belonging to
Rifleman Harold Atkinson at Tockholes United Reformed Church.
A photograph at Tockholes United Reformed Church which
is a memorial to those who died during World War One.
The Lych gate at Tockholes United Reformed Church
which is a memorial to those who died during World War One and Two.
View of the World War One memorial plaque on the Lych gate at Tockholes United Reformed Church.
The names on the plaque are Fred Nightingale, Richard Hoskin,
John Beesley, John Preston, Roland Alston and Herbert Smalley.
View of the World War Two memorial plaque on the Lych gate at Tockholes United Reformed Church.
The names are: John Cooper and James Victor Catterall.
