Memorial

Ash Street Citizens

The Memorial Area

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Current Location

Ash Street/Cedar Street, Bootle, Sefton, Merseyside, L20 3EX, England

SJ 34336 95651

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Type of Memorial: Stone of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 81080
Description: A large rough hewn stone boulder, with dedicatory plaque, set in a fenced and paved roadside area.The fenced area commemorates the loss of civilians when a bomb hit an air-raid shelter.
Inscription: ASH STREET WAR GRAVE/ MEMORIAL/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE CITIZENS OF/ THE BOROUGH WHO LOST THEIR/ LIVES WHILST SHELTERING CLOSE TO/ THIS SPOT DURING AN AIR RAID IN/ MAY 1941. Plaque on the fenced area: IN MEMORY OF THOSE CITIZENS OF THE BOROUGH/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ WHILST SHELTERING CLOSE TO THIS SPOT/ DURING AN AIR RAID IN MAY 1941./ THIS PLAQUE WAS ERECTED AT THE REQUEST OF/ THE ASH STREET TENANTS AND RESIDENTS/ ASSOCIATION IN 1988