Thornton Cleveleys War Memorial

Thornton Cleveleys War Memorial is at Four Lane Ends at Thornton, opposite the library and Thornton Little Theatre. It’s an attractive corner, well looked after and planted with seasonal bedding, where the Remembrance Day service is held each year. A temporary war memorial was first constructed in 1919 at Woodlands Avenue, Thornton. Then a little later, a permanent war memorial was built at Four Lane Ends Thornton, in 1923.

On 11th November 1923 it was officially unveiled. That day was the fifth anniversary of the end of the First World War. The men and women of Thornton Cleveleys were called upon to do their bit again when war broke out for a second time in 1939. Sadly some didn’t make it back home. Their names are inscribed in the three open-book tablets. They surround the original war memorial and bear testimony to their sacrifice on behalf of their country.