Withnell Fold

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Reference WMO/300568

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Garden of Remembrance

Withnell Fold

Chorley

PR6 8BA

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Garden
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The memorial is inscribed with the names of all the men who died in WW1 and WW2 who were either residents of Withnell Fold or worked at Withnell Fold paper mill. Also there is a separate large plaque dedicated to the memory of James Miller VC.
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SUNDIAL, 6 O'CLOCK FACE: THIS MEMORIAL WAS REPLACED BY THE EFFORTS OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF WITHNELL FOLD. RE-DEDICATED NOVEMBER 1992/ THIS/ GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE/ WAS DEDICATED BY/ THE LORD BISHOP OF BURNLEY/ ON APRIL 24TH 1958/ SUNDIAL, 3 O'CLOCK FACE: 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES) SUNDIAL, 12 O'CLOCK FACE: WITHNELL FOLD PAPER MILL/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WORLD WARS OF 1914 - 1918 AND 1939 - 1945/ THEY SHALL GROW NOT 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 SUNDIAL, 9 O'CLOCK FACE: 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)

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