St. John the Evangelist Church, War Memorial
Bacup, Lancashire
The memorial stands within the grounds of St. John the Evangelist church on Burnley Road (A671), Bacup. The church itself is almost opposite the town war memorial and the church memorial is easily seen from the road.
Inscription reads:
In memory. Make them to be numbered with thy saints.
Men commemorated on this memorial:
| Edward Crabtree | William Hardaker |
| George F. Hardaker | Harry Ashworth |
| William H. Buckley | Edgar Fearnley |
| Ralph S. Fletcher | Hugh Holland |
| Seth Jackson | Arthur Jones |
| J. Lord Jackson | J. Godfrey Litton |
| Arthur O. Openshaw | John Prince |
| Alec D. Pounder | Rae Pickup |
| Frank Piper | Joseph William Robinson |
| Lawrence Robinson | Fred Riding |
| Charles Russell | Samuel Stewart |
| William Shanks | Wilfred Smith |
| Bert Tattersall; MM | James Tattersall |
| John William Webster | Albert Ashworth |
| Robert J. Hardman (ww2) | George Rigby (ww2) |
| James Ashworth (ww2) | Harry S. Webster (ww2) |
| Jack Farrow (ww2) |
The names on the memorial are not recorded in alphabetical order, but in the order seen above.
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