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    Memorial

    Bidston

    M Doyle 1993

    Source: M Doyle 1993

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    Current Location

    On Village Green opposite the Church, St Oswald's Church, Bidston Village Road, Bidston, Wirral, Merseyside, CH43 7RZ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SJ 28374 90209

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Pillar / Column
    WMR Reference Number
    1254
    Description
    Pillar standing on a six stepped base and surmounted by a lantern cross; 8 bronze panels
    Inscription
    From Panel 1 moving in an anti-clockwise direction:- Panel 1 - ERECTED TO / THE MEMORY / OF THOSE MEN / OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES FIGHTING / IN THE GREAT / WAR 1914-1919. / AD1920 Panel 2 - ALLENDER. FREDERICK, / ENG. SUB. LT. R.N., H.M.S. "VANGUARD", / KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE. / 9. JULY 1917. // BAZETT. ARTHUR HUGH, / CAPT 4TH BN. CHESHIRE RGT., / KILLED IN ACTION, GALLIPOLI. / 9. AUG 1915. // BIBBY. JOSEPH MORTON, / 2ND LIEUT 8TH BN. E. YORKS. REGT., / MISSING AFTER ATTACK ON MONCHI. / 3. MAY 1917. // BIBBY. CHARLES LESLIE, / PTE. 17TH BN. KING'S LIVERPOOL REGT., / WOUNDED AT GUILLEMONT, BURIED IN / COMMUNAL CEM. ABBEVILLE. 30. JULY 1916. Panel 3 - BULLEN. WM. FRANCIS, / 2ND LIEUT 10TH BN. THE KING'S / LIVERPOOL REGT. MISSING, HOOGE. / 16. JUNE 1915. // COLE. LESLIE STEWART, / 2ND LIEUT 2ND BN. CHESHIRE REGT. / KILLED IN ACTION, LOOS. / 3. OCT 1915. // CHRISTIE. ANDREW, / CPL. 1ST BN. LIVERPOOL SCOTTISH, / DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE, / ROUEN. 30. JUNE 1916. // EVANS. EDWARD H.S. / CAPT 18TH BN. LANCS. FUSILIERS. / KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE. / 22. JULY 1916. Panel 4 - GARDNER. WILLIAM G. / PTE 8TH BN. THE KING'S / LIVERPOOL REGT. KILLED IN / ACTION, CAMBRAI. 13. SEPT. 1918. // HARVIE. STUART MC. L., / 2ND LIEUT 2ND BN. K.R.R.C. DIED OF / WOUNDS, VERMELLES. LA BASSEE / CANAL. 1. JUNE 1918. // HARVIE. ERIC F., M.C. / CAPT 1ST BN. THE GORDON HDRS. / KILLED IN ACTION, HINGES, / LA BASSEE CANAL. 15. JUNE 1918. // HOUGH. ERIC B., M.C. / CAPT 19TH BN. THE KING'S / LIVERPOOL REGT. KILLED IN ACTION, / VOORMEZEELE. 28. APRIL 1918. Panel 5 - NEWHOUSE. FREDK. / CPL 1ST BN. CHESHIRE REGT. / KILLED IN ACTION, / YPRES. 1914. // PATON. MORTON B. / CAPT 10TH BN. S. LANCS. REGT. / ATTD. 5TH LANCS. FUSLRS, KILLED / IN ACTION, GALLIPOLI. 7. AUG. 1915. // PEMBERTON. WM. T. / PTE 15TH BN. CHESHIRE REGT. / KILLED IN ACTION, FRANCE. / 21. JUNE 1918. // RANDLES. JOHN, / SGT 1/4TH BN. CHESHIRE REGT. / KILLERD IN ACTION, EGYPT. / 6. NOV. 1917. Panel 6 - SPALDING. ROBERT C. / 2ND LIEUT S. LANCS. REGT. / IED OF WOUNDS, ETAPLES. / 28. SEPT. 1915 // WALL. ANGUS, / GNR 168TH BDE. ROYAL FIELD ARTY. / KILLED IN ACTION, YPRES. / 23. OCT. 1917. // WILLIAMS. HARRY B. M.C. / 2ND LIEUT 5TH BN. ATTD. 13TH BN. THE / KING'S LIVERPOOL REGT. KILLED / IN ACTION NR. ARRAS. 3. MAY 1917. // PARKINSON GEO. PTE R.W.F. / DIED IN FRANCE. . NOV. 1916. // WILSON. MAUDE MILLICENT, / INFIERE MAJOR, C.R.F. / V.A.D. MEDAILLE D'HONNEUR, DIED / NURSING IN FRANCE. 27. MARCH 1917. Panel 7 - O VALIANT HEARTS WHO / TO YOUR GLORY CAME / THROUGH DUST OF CONFLICT / AND THROUGH BATTLE FLAME / TRANQUIL YOU LIE YOUR / KNIGHTLY VIRTUE PROVED / YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED / IN THE LAND YOU LOVED Panel 8 - O RISEN LORD / O SHEPHERD OF OUR DEAD / WHOSE CROSS HAS BROUGHT / THEM AND WHOSE STAFF HAS LED / IN FLORIOUS HOPE THEIR / PROUD AND SORROWING LAND, / COMMITS HER CHILDREN TO / THY GRACIOUS HAND /// JOHN S. ARKWRIGHT
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    21
    Died
    21
    Information shown
    surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,manner of death,decorations
    Order of names
    surname,rank,regiment,manner of death,place of death,year died,decorations

    Components

    Cross

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Pillar

    Height: 5000MM

    Width: 2000MM


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Plaques / Panels with names

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    121258

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    Help update these details if the condition is wrongWar Memorials Register Logo
    • https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/3052025/frederick-allender/ (accessed 22/08/2025)
    • https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/3052025/frederick-allender/ (accessed 22/08/2025)
    • https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/740835/joseph-morton-bibby/ (accessed 22/08/2025)
    • https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/75754/charles-leslie-bibby/ (accessed 22/08/2025)
    • https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1605027/william-francis-bullen/ (accessed 22/08/2025)
    • https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/730066/leslie-stewart-cole/ (accessed 22/08/2025)
    • https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/514277/andrew-hood-christie/ (accessed 22/08/2025)
    • https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/310871/e-h-s-evans/ (accessed 22/08/2025)
    • https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1742638/william-george-gardner/ (accessed 22/08/2025)
    • https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/118943/stuart-mclaren-harvie/ (accessed 22/08/2025)
    • https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/837320/eric-bernard-hough/ (accessed 22/08/2025)
    • https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/855013/fred-newhouse/ (accessed 22/08/2025)
    • https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/686704/morton-brown-paton/ (accessed 22/08/2025)
    • https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/277951/w-t-pemberton/ (accessed 22/08/2025)
    • https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1646782/john-randles/ (accessed 22/08/2025)
    • https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/506031/robert-gordon-spalding/ (accessed 22/08/2025)
    • https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/447421/angus-wall/ (accessed 22/08/2025)
    • https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/774375/harry-ben-williams/ (accessed 22/08/2025)
    • https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/272112/g-parkinson/ (accessed 22/08/2025)
    • https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/story/15224 https://alctaylor.wixsite.com/ww1liverpool/post/british-nurse-liverpool-echo-12-04-1917 - Maude Millicent Wilson (accessed 22/08/2025)