Waterbarn Baptist Church unveiled a marble tablet  in March 1920 honouring the men who gave their lives. Erected by the rear vestry door it matched on opposite that had been erected to the Rev John Howe. The tablet had been a gift from Mr James Worswick of Colwyn Bay a old scholar of the Sunday school and contained the following inscription. In reverent and grateful memory of the 27 men connected with this church and Sunday school, who from amongst 226 who served, made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War, 1914-1919. Ben Nicholls, Fred Ashworth, Herbert Barrett, John W Cook, Harry Cookson, Harry W Coupe, Harry Foulds, John R Fielden, Robert Hitchen, Fred Hargreaves, Jesse Lord, Harold Law, Cecil Kershaw, Sydney Wilfred Trickett,  John E Walsh, Robert Fred Smith, John R Hitchen, Henry B Parkinson, Scarlet Brown, William H Walsh. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Zion Baptist Church also unveiled a Marble tablet in 1920  erected in the porch of the church, the tablet bore the inscription. This tablet was erected to the imperishable memory of the 15 men who made the supreme sacrifice out of the 130 who served in the Great War, 1914- 1919. Then followed the names. Thomas Mitchell, Frank Piper, Richard Laycock, Chas Wright, George H Ashworth, Bert Barnes, Harry Shepherd, Arthur W Townsend, Peter Duerden, John E Butterworth, Charles Cockroft, Harry Crapper, William Heap, Henry Maden, David Hargreaves. At the bottom was inscribed Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. The Bacup Cooperative Store presented umbrellas to the relatives of their employees killed in the Great War. Named as. R. S Fletcher, H Gregory, D Hammer, J Pickup, F Porter, I Stott. Stacksteads Primitive Methodist Church erected a Marble slab on the left hand side of the entrance hall to the church. Inscribed In loving memory of the following scholars of this Sunday school who lost their lives during the Great War 1914-1919. Ernest Hall, George E Nicholas, Samuel Woodhead, Frank Kitchen, Samuel Bullas, Herbert Cubbin, Richard H Bellam, Hardman Savoury, James A Holmes, William Rogers, Vincent Farrow. To the Memory ever  dear.    Many local churches and institutions had their own remembrance plaques erected. Thorn Chapel unveiled its memorial in December 1920, remembering 12 church members killed during the Great War. these were, Harry Ashworth, Harold Bacon, Enoch Butterworth, William Crane, Fred Harrison, Thomas Howorth, Bertie Hutchinson, Harry Snowden, Adolphus Stanger, Fred Thomas, Herbert Thomas, Fred Walmsley. St Johns church  unveiled it's memorial  in February 1924 the memorial was designed and erected by Mr Will Heyworth of Hargreaves & Company, Stacksteads. Erected in the church yard overlooking Burnley Road. A Maltese cross outline with inverted ring standing 14ft high and remembering 29 church members. George Crabtree, John Prince, Fred Riding, Hugh Holland, Seth Jackson, Edgar Fearnley, Charles Russel, Bert Tattersall, Harry Ashworth, Ralph Fletcher, Alec Pounder, James Tatersalll, George Hardaker, William Hardaker, John W Webster, Joseph Wm Robinson, Arthur Jones, Arthur Openshaw, John Lord Jackson, John Godfrey Litton, Samuel Stewart, William Shanks, Rae Pickup, Frank Piper, Wilfired Smith, Lawrence Robinson, William H Buckley, Albert Ashworth. Christ Church Displayed a Roll Of Honour made by Mr Ian  Mawdsley and framed in rich oak. The Roll Of Honour displayed  the names of about 100 men who had severed with H.M.Forces during the war included in these was the names of those who had made the supreme sacrifice. Capt. E. M. Wright, 2nd Lieutenant Jesse H Temperley, A.P Frank Horrocks, R.N.R. Ptes, Fred Akred, John Bentley, Harry Calverley, Tom Charnley, Sam Edwards, Christopher Fuller. A. N. Heyworth, Fred Horrocks, John E Lovick, J.W.Starkie. Whilst Ebenezer Baptist Church and Newgate mission erected and unveiled a Marble tablet to their fallen churchmen in October  1920. Situated in the vestibule of the church it contained the names of 17 men.  Inscribed at the top Ebenezer Ex Sailors and Soldiers, to perpetuate the memory of their fallen comrades in the Great War, and at the bottom They died that we might live, the more abundantly, 1914- 1919. J. J. Hargreaves, A Thornhill, F. W. Mitchell, J. S. A .Hoyle, W Naylor, G Greenwood, J. A Law, H Heyworth, John Crane, J. H. Crane, D Abbott J. G .Heyworth, J Firth, W Collinge, J Taylor, S Nicholls, F Whitworth. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning. We Will Remember Them. The first war memorial or shrine to be erected during the first world war was in 1918 in Weir. The social committee in connection with the Weir Liberal Club thought that something should be done to show appreciation of the lads who had gone from that district to fight for King and Country. Several “feelers” were sent out to various men in the district and the replies were favourable. The social committee then issued invitations to the Sunday Schools- Doals Baptist, Heald Wesleyan and the Catholics, and also to the committee of the club. When the social committee met again there was a unanimous feeling that something should be done to commemorate and perpetuate the services which the lads from that district had given in their behalf. The committee set about the task, and the result was the shrine and roll of honour erected in a recess at the gable end of the branch shop of the Co-operative store at Weir. Described at the time of its unveiling as being of “an arresting appearance, the floral embellishments lending a pretty and appreciative effect. The shrine, which is the work of Mr James W Sutcliffe (joiner) and has been artistically lettered and painted by Mr M L Foulds Junior, bears at the head the words “Weir and District Public Shrine and Roll of Honour they answered their King and Country’s Call.” Then follows the names of those who have joined the forces, enclosed in a glass panel, and allowing for further additions as time goes on, and at the foot the words, “Greater love hath no man than this-that he lay down his life for his friends.” At each side are pedestals for vases, which, it is intended, shall be the receptacles of complimentary gifts of flowers, etc.”  The shrine was unveiled in 1918 by the then Mayor Sir Henry Maden who along with other dignatries of the time began the ceremony by walking in procession from Northern School, the day oddly enough was pouring with torrential rain as would be the case when the Cenotaph in Bacup was unveiled ten years later in 1928. At the time of its unveiling there were 113 men, who had gone from that area which reached from Deerplay to Broadclough to fight for King and Country, and 10 had paid the supreme sacrifice, 13 had been discharged and 1 was reported missing. The full newspaper report and a list of those named on the memorial can be seen by click the following links. Ten years after the Armistice Bacup's War Memorial, erected to perpetuate the memory of her gallant sons who fell in the Great War, was unveiled as stated above the whole proceedings carried out under a  the ceaseless, drenching rain. The ceremony began with a procession of ex-serviceman proudly displaying thier medals marching down Market Street. At the head was ex-Lieut  J Cook in charge of the British Legion, Surgeon F W Rigby and Mr Edwin Bayliss the prospective Liberal candidate for Rossendale, and they were followed by others who in days of warfare attained conspicuous rank. Sergeant McGuiness was in command of members of the United Service Club. The most touching part of the whole ceremony was said to be the presence of children of men killed, etc in the war and wearing their fathers medals. Shivering in the rain and trying to keep back the tears which silently flowed, and grasping lovingly the posies "In memory of Daddy" . The following is a list of those children Emily Cursson, Annie Jennings, Nellie Jennings, Mary Sturt, Florrie Duerden, Ronald Duerden, Clifford Barrett, John Flynn, Arthur McMullan, Herbert Crisp, Leslie Clegg, John T Foulds, Cyril Hargreaves, John A Clegg, John A Holt, James Mitchell, Willie Bell, Richard Roberts, John H Roberts, Joseph Earnshaw, Willie Clawson. After processing from Stubylee to the Cenotaph on Burnley Road the memorial was unveiled by Mr Wilfred Birch who had been blinded in the Great War.  A full report of the newspaper article can be read by clicking the following link. Cenotaph Unveiling Report September 14th 1935 saw the unveiling of the Weir War memorial. Despite unsettled weather there was a large gathering to witness the ceremony being performed by ex-police constable Richard Coates the first man to join up from Weir for services in the Great War. The occasion brought back dark memories of the war 1914-1918. The service was attended by the Mayor and Mayoress of Bacup Councillor  W Marshall and Mrs Marshall  along with many relatives and friends of the fallen. The memorial  replaced a shrine that was formerly housed in the wall of the Weir branch Cooperative  store. The memorial is a cross of  scotch granite standing ten feet high with a two tier base of stone, encircled by a pavement of crazy paving which is approached by steps from a outer pathway the whole thing being enclosed by a local stone wall. On the horizontal piece of the cross is nscribed " Pro Patria" And below is the inscription " Erected to the memory of the men of Weir  and district who fell in the Great War 1914-1918, Lest We Forget. The monument occupies a commanding position on the Burnley  Road slop of the hill, the  site chosen being immediately below the mound used for the bonfire on the occasion of the Kings Silver Jubilee celebrations last May. A plate bearing the names of those who served in the Great War from the Weir district removed from the shrine and a photograph of the original war memorial  committee  enclosed in a steel box have been placed beneath the cross. It  is believed that a total of 139 men from Weir oined up. Mr Coates being the first and Mr Barclay Condray being the second Before performing the unveiling ceremony Mr Coates remarked that he felt very honoured to be performing the ceremony. He was honoured to think he had been shoulder to shoulder with the men whose  names were inscribed on the plate beneath that monument. There was one more thing he would like to point out and that was regarding himself being the first man to join up in the village. He did not want to take credit whatever for that. As most of them knew, he was a police constable at the outbreak of war. Before joining the force he had served for three years  n the Coldstream Guards and he was on reserve when the war broke out and therefore ike thousands of others at the outbreak of the war he had to go. A member of Stacksteads Prize Band Mr E Whittaker sounded the revile. The Weir war committee had been in existence for approximately 19 years Mr Alfred Thompson was Chairman of he Committee, other members were F.E.Larton of Blackpool, J.A.Hargreaves, Ormerod Haigh, E Hargreaves, G.E.Buckley, J.H.Nuttall., J.A.Barret, H Loney, J.E.Grime Secretary. Mr I E Kilpatrick was the monumental Mason the land being paid for by the Irwell Springs Company. The unveiling of the Weir Roll of Honour was like those that would follow carried out on a day of torrential rain. Click to read the full newspaper article.     The headline of  Bacup Times November 17th 1928 read.. Thier Name Liveth for Evermore to read more Click Here