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In Avenham Park. It originally stood in Market Square in Preston town centre but some time between 1919 and 1926 was moved to Avenham Park to make way for the Great War cenotaph.

It's a Grade II listed structure - "1904, by T.Hodgkinson, sculptor, of Preston. Grey granite, and polished red and pink granite, with bronze plaques. Obelisk form, 25 feet high, consisting of 2 square steps of unpolished grey granite, a short square pedestal of polished red granite with moulded base and cornice which has panelled sides containing lettered bronze plaques, and an obelisk of polished pink Scotch granite (from Peterhead quarries)."
www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-3918...proximately-75-metre

"The monies for the memorial were raised by public subscription and it was unveiled by Major General Kekewich 6th October 1904. The masonary work was done by W L Holland." www.flickr.com/photos/rpsmithbarney/5259967204/
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OFFICERS

LIEUTENANTS A.R. WALLACE. K.Z.R. MACAULAY. A.W. HEWETT. W.H. CREAK. C.C. WOOD.

SECOND LIEUTENANTS R.C. WILTSHIRE. W.J.C. FLETCHER.

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 1ST BATTALION

COLOUR SERGEANTS A. HEALD. J. DOREY.

SERGEANTS F. WILSON. R. RICHARDSON. G. BOWMAN.

LANCE SERGEANTS J. HARRISON. J. MORLEY.

CORPORALS W. MEADE. C. MULCOCK. E. SCOTT.

LANCE CORPORALS J. HALL. G. REEVES. W. OUSLEY. J. GERRARD.
" " W. HAWKINS. J. ENTWISTLE.

PRIVATES A. KEELEY. J. COLE. H. BELL. J. GOLBORNE. F. OWENS.
" T. JOHNSON T. PLATT. T. ALMOND. H. SOUTH. A. DODD.
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1ST BATTALION.

PRIVATES H. CHANTLER. R. STANLEY. J. BLACOW. J. NIXON. H. LYNN.
" H. COOPER. E. BEARD. R. WILCOCK. A. GARVEY. G. ELLIS.
" P. MOORE. F. HUGHES. J. STARKIE. J. CHAMBERS. T. LUTNER
" L. ANDERSON. S. HALL. F. WILDE. J. BACKHOUSE. D. CALVERT.
" G. DAULBY. J. ROUSE. E. WARD. W. STANLEY. P. LUCEY.
" W. THOMPSON J. RYAN. D. JONES. J. BAINES. P. QUINN. A. BUTLER.
" L. CHARNOCK. J. GRAHAM. A. WHITE. J. MAGUIRE. J. HICKEY. M. CAINE.
" W. JENKS. W. DAVIS. M. GALLAGHER. A. THOMPSON. F. PERRY. G. MOSS.
" C. HALL. A. MADDELL. R. RIGBY. G. SHEPPARD. J. WILLIAMS. J. JOHNSTON.
" G. TEDDER. J. McGREAVY. J. LOMAS. W. TAYLOR. J. GRAY. J. WOOLEY.
" F. BRANDON. A. LEE. F. SCHOFIELD. H. HOLGATE. J. BUTLER.
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2ND BATTALION.

COLOUR SERGEANT W. GOWARD. SERGEANTS E. NEVINSON. W. CONLONG.

LANCE CORPORALS J. WILDER. R. MERRINER.J. REID. J. SEYMOUR.

PRIVATES W. ARGYLE. G. KENYON. W. VICK. M. MORAN. H. HEALEY.
" M. HUTCHINSON. R. HAYES. W. GARVEY. C. ROBERTS. J. BAILEY. H. MANLEY.
" A. THOMPSON. T. LAWRENCE. J. RICHARDSON. T. MAHER. J. NEWCOMBE.

3RD BATTALION. (MILITIA).
SERGEANT J. EGAN.

PRIVATES A. FISHER. W. LORD.

1ST VOLUNTEER BATTALION.

CORPORAL W. SIMPSON.

PRIVATES J. SNAILHAM. J. LANE. H. ASHMAN.

2ND VOLUNTEER BATTALION.

DRUMMER J. LOWE.

PRIVATES A. CLARKSON. J. MC KEOWN.
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Thank you Berenice. This is a lovely monument and one of the few in this section of the forum that I have visited. I'll dig out a picture of its unveiling in the town centre.

Best wishes
David