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Bowland War Memorial
Bowland War Memorial
Bowland War Memorial
Bowland War Memorial
Bowland War Memorial
Bowland War Memorial
Bowland War Memorial
Bowland War Memorial
Bowland War Memorial
Bowland War Memorial
Bowland War Memorial

Image credit: Stewart Bond / Art UK

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A pattée cross set on a shaft, plinth and two steps, within an enclosure. It was renovated in 1995 and 2009.
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.

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Located at

Root Hill, Dunsop Bridge

BB7 3AZ

Located by the road leading west from the village, at junction with Forestry Houses, 90 m west of the bridge over the River Hodder.