Memorial

West Derby Hundred

The memorial in 1993.

Source: Copyright W.R Makinson 1993

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Current Location

Opposite The Wellington Public House, Eccleston Lane Ends, St Helens Road (A58)/ Burrows Lane junction, Prescot, St Helens, Merseyside, L34 2QA, England

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SJ 47380 93311

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Sculptured / Cast group
WMR Reference Number: 1236
Description: Battered Portland stone column on a three-step sandstone base, surmounted by a cast bronze figure of an Army officer in full battlefield uniform looking into the distance, holding binoculars in his left hand and his pistol in his right hand, whilst on the steps below the column a cast figure of a woman stretches out her right hand which is holding a laurel branch, the tip of which touches the officer's foot, which is resting on a German pickelhaube helmet. Around the top of the column runs a cast bronze frieze depicting four military scenes in semi-relief - to the front a troop of marching soldiers; then a group of airmen readying a biplane for a sortie; to the rear a group of soldiers with camels; then a gun crew loading a naval gun. A quotation runs round the column beneath the frieze. The main inscription is incised on a marble tablet on the front of the column.
Inscription: On the tablet: To the glorious memory/ of all those from the/ West Derby Hundred of/ the County Palatine of/ Lancaster who fought/ & gave their lives for/ their King and Country in/ the Great War 1914 - 1918 / THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY F R DIXON NUTTALL JP INGLEHOLME Around the frieze: The laurels of the/ sons are watered/ from the hearts/ of the mothers

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)

History

Maker(s): H H Martyn and Co., Founder / Foundry
WALTER HENRY GILBERT, Sculptor
LOUIS WEINGARTNER, Sculptor
MR F R DIXON-NUTTALL, Builder
WALTER HENRY GILBERT, Designer
Sponsor Type: private

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Unveiled

23rd July 1922

Bishop of Liverpool

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West Derby Hundred

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