I want to split the photographs of the church into two separate blogs. The church is so magnificent that it deserves a page all to itself, the two memorials deserve a page as well. This is the memorial page.
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| Situated in the south-east corner |
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Close-up of the plaqueUKNIWM REF: 42244 |
TO THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD
BAPTISTRY
THANK OFFERING TO ALMIGHTY GOD/ FOR VICTORY IN THE GREAT WAR
AND ALSO
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS CONGREGATION
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
1914 - 1919
SURGEON JOSEPH EDWARD PARKER R.N.
JAMES ATKINSON
JOSEPH EDWARD BROUGHTON
THOMAS CARNEY
JAMES DEWHURST
FRANCIS FLANAGAN
FRANCIS GOSLING
ALBERT HALSALL
THOMAS HALSALL
JOHN KAY
WILLIAM KIRKHAM
JOHN LEE
ROBERT LIVSEY
STANLEY VINCENT DOYLE
EDWARD O'CONNOR
STEPHEN PARKINSON
CHARLES ROGERSON
GEORGE ROGERSON
JOHN ROGERSON
JOSEPH LEO SHARPLES
EDWARD TAYLOR
SIDNEY TAYLOR
JOHN WALMSLEY
HENRY WOODS
"MAY THEY REST IN PEACE"
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| Polish Airmen acknowledgement plaque UKNIWM REF: 42246 |
1940 1945
THIS PLAQUE IS TO COMMEMORATE THE EFFORTS
SACRIFICES AND VICTORIES FOR WHICH THE FOUNDATIONS
WERE LAID AT THE POLISH AIR FORCE/ TRAINING
CENTRE AT BLACKPOOL.
IT WAS HERE ALSO THAT THE EVERLASTING LINKS EXISTING BETWEEN
POLISH AIRMEN AND THE MOST HOSPITABLE
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