Burnley War Memorial, Towneley Park.
This is a beautiful monument. It displays a visible expression of emotions that are felt in our hearts. I think about the duties fulfiled by those who lost their lives and all those who remain and their feelings of comfort and thankfulness.
It features a cenotaph which merges into carved busts of a soldier, an airman and a sailer. Below, standing at either side are two female figures, representing a mother and a sister or wife. The mother is laying a wreath and she is next to a rosmary bush symbolising rememberance and a cricket bat and ball, representing childhood. The sister or wife carries garlands and she looks up at the figures.
The stutue was sculptured by a talented designer and craftman called Walter Gilbert and the help of another craftsman, Louis Weingharter.
The memorial was unveiled on the 12th of December 1926 by the Earl of derby.
