Charles Dixon's Battle of Jutland

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Reference WMO/289766

Address:

Darwen Library

Knott Street

Darwen

BB3 2RN

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Painting
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Other Other
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Painting, Charles Dixon's Battle of Jutland, in frame. Black lettering on the frame. A small plaque is also attached to the frame at the bottom centre. It was originally at Darwen Town Hall and later at Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery.
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Top of the Frame: WARSPITE MALAYA VALIANT BARHAM; Bottom of the Frame: CORPORATION OF DARWEN/ A TRIBUTE TO ALL THOSE OF DARWEN WHO WENT FORTH TO BATTLE FOR THEIR KING/ AND COUNTRY'S CAUSE, AND WHO, BY THEIR SELF-SACRIFICE AND GALLANTRY HELPED TO ACHIEVE/ A GLORIOUS VICTORY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-19(...)/ PRESENTED BY AN ANONYMOUS FRIEND 1920; The Plaque- THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND/ CHARLES DIXON (...)/ 5TH BATTLE SQUADRON COMING INTO ACTION TO SUPPORT THE BATTLE CRUISERS (...) 31ST MAY 1916. "LED BY REAR ADMIRAL EVAN THOMAS IN BARHAM, THIS SQUADRON SUPPORTED US BRILLIANTLY AND EFFECTIVELY" ADMIRAL (...) DESPATCH.

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