St Silas Church Tablets WW1


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Reference WMO/271143

Address:

St Silas Church

Preston New Road

Blackburn

BB2 6PS

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Marble
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Three marble tablets set within an oak frame cross with a wreath at the top. The tablets list those who served and returned as well as those who died. The WW1 Memorial Tablet (now fixed on the south wall of the war memorial chapel) was unveiled in the church on April 10th, 1921. The cost of the tablet was met by the relatives of those named on the tablet.
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CENTRE TABLET: THEIR NAME SHALL REMAIN FOREVER/ IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919 LEFT AND RIGHT HAND TABLETS: (NAMES)

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