Memorials - Samlesbury - St.Leonard the Less C.E. Choir Screen
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St. Leonard the Less C.E. Church, Potter Lane, Samlesbury PR5 0UE Ordnance Survey Grid Reference - SD 58990 30366 IWM War Memorials Register - 3387 War Memorials Online - Not on site Image on the IWM War Memorials Register is not that of this memorial The choir screen is located in the north west corner of the church and is constructed of wood. It commemorates the two choristers who died in the war, John Taylor and William Crossley. A brass plaque is attached to the screen with an inscription. The memorial cost £188:10:0 and was unveiled and dedicated on 2 December 1926 by Atherton Gwillym Rawstorne (1855-1936), the Bishop Suffragan of Whalley. The inscription is over 8 lines on a brass plaque attached to the screen. Two men who died in the war are commemorated.
ST. LEONARD'S SAMLESBURY.
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE TWO MEMBERS OF THE CHOIR JOHN TAYLOR AND WILLIAM CROSSLEY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-19, THIS OAK SCREEN IS ERECTED BY PARISHIONERS AND FRIENDS. |
Detail of plaque
Image © Charles O'Donnell 2018 |
Thank you to Len Redmayne, Churchwarden for access to St.Leonard's the Less.