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BURNLEY CEMETERY |
Soldier Memorial of the Booth Family
© Susan Eldridge June 2003
Location: The memorial is just inside the main gates to the cemetery on Rossendale Road.
OS ref: 103 SD815316
The War Memorial was unveiled on 9th October 1926.
The wording at the base of the cross of sacrifice reads:
TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THOSE SAILORS AND SOLDIERS
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
AND WHO LIE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY
Behind are 16 panels bearing the names of 173 men:
Information on the CWG site states that the cemetery contains the burials of 188 men from the First world War and that these panels record the names of men whose graves could not be individually marked.
There is also a memorial to the men of the East Lancashire Regiment who died in earlier wars.
Location: Near the old entrance at the bottom of Cemetery Road.
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© Susan Eldridge April 2005 |
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TO THE MEMORY OF THREE OFFICERS AND 180 NCOs & MEN
1st EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT WHO DIED AT LUCKNOW
FROM 31st OCTOBER 1881 TO 24th FEBRUARY 1896
ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES
© Susan Eldridge April 2005
In Loving Memory of
Joshua
The beloved husband of
Margaret Annie BOOTH
Who died July 26th 1931
Also Pte. James BOOTH
Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regt.
Beloved son of the above
Killed in Action in France
Sept 26th 1917
Ever Remembered
Also the above
Margaret Annie BOOTH
Died Dec 10th 1943 aged 80 years
I have found 2 other memorials in the cemetery
Hapton Colliery Disaster 1962
Spanish Air Crash 1970
