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Title
Bowland War Memorial
Date
1919–1923
Medium
stone
Measurements
H 325 x W 78 x D 25 cm (E);
Plinth: H 60 x W 221 x D 182 cm
Accession number
BB7_SB_S214
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Bowland Forest Higher Parish Council
Custodian
Bowland Forest Higher Parish Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
23rd May 1923
Access
at all times
Inscription description
incised on rear face of shaft: TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO / "AT THE CALL / OF KING & COUNTRY, / LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO / THEM. ENDURED HARDNESS. / FACED DANGER. AND FINALLY / PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT / OF MEN BY THE PATH OF / DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE. / GIVING UP THEIR OWN LIVES / THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE / IN FREEDOM."; and on the front, below a carved relief of a cross, crown and chalice, and 14 names of the dead: THESE MEN OF / BOWLAND / DIED FOR ENGLAND / 1914 - 1919.
