Memorial

Hoylake And West Kirby Obelisk Grange Road

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Current Location

Set in rough scrubland on a hilltop site., Grange Hill, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH48 4ES, England

SJ 21901 87143

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Type of Memorial: Composite
WMR Reference Number: 1273
Description: Obelisk of Cornish granite with bronze figure of a soldier in full battle order on east side and on west side a hooded, robed female figure representing humanity with broken chains and holding a wreath on the other.
Inscription: AROUND FOUR SIDES: WHO STANDS IF FREEDOM FALLS/ WHO DIES IF ENGLAND LIVES BASE (EAST): IN GRATITUDE TO GOD AND/ TO THE MEN AND WOMEN FROM/ THESE PARTS WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919 1939 - 1945/ THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US/ BOTH BY NIGHT AND BY DAY BASE (WEST): AT THE CALL AND KING AND COUNTRY THEY LEFT ALL/ THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED HARDNESS, FACED DANGER/ AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN BY THE/ PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE GIVING UP THEIR/ OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM/ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT/ THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN REMEMBERING THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN/ THEIR LIVES SINCE WORLD WAR II/ (name) (IRAQ 2003) (name) (KOREA 1950) (name) (CYPRUS 19590/ (name/ AFGHANISTAN 2008