Accrington Pals Chapel

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Reference WMO/293711

Address:

St John the Evangelist Church

Addison Street

Accrington

BB5 6AG

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Chapel/church
Materials:
  • Stone Marble
  • Stone Slate
  • Timber Mahogany
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Chapel has Portuguese marble floor and mahogany bench pews. Inscribed nowy headed tablet in green slate with badge of East Lancashire Regt at head. Among the items in the chapel are a drum originally used to recruit men to the Pals Battalion, which accompanied them to Wales, Egypt and then France, a casket containing soil from the Somme and a Toc H lamp. The chapel was dedicated in 1992 in the north transept. The design is modern though from the outside the building appears traditional in desigen, perhaps Victorian Gothic.
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TO COMMEMORATE/THE MEN/OF THE 11TH SERVICE BATTALION ACCRINGTON/EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT/ 'THE ACCRINGTON PALS' WHO SERVED/THEIR COUNTRY WITH/HONOUR AND SACRIFICE/IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

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