Church of the Sacred Heart and St Edward - Calvary

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Reference WMO/287163

Address:

Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart and St Edward

Blackburn Road

Darwen

BB3 0AA

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Calvary
Materials:
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Other
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Two-stepped base surmounted by a plinth and sculpture depicting Christ Crucified with a fallen soldier at this feet looking up at him. Inscription on front face of plinth. White Marble Tablet for WW2 in the shape of an open book, at the foot of the WW1 Cross. The WW1 Lettering is incised, WW2 is leaded. The WW1 and WW2 elements of the memorial are regarded as a single memorial on this website, but there are separate entries on WMR.
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WW1 - Plinth: IN HOLY REMEMBRANCE OF/ MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO NOBLY LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (Names)/ "IT IS BETTER FOR US TO DIE IN BATTLE/ THAN TO SEE THE EVILS OF OUR NATION" 1 MACHABEES III 59. WW2 - Left Hand 'Page'- +/ROLL OF/1939/[names] Right Hand 'Page'-+/HONOUR/1945

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