- Type of Memorial
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- WMR Reference Number
- 1285
- Description
- Central pedestal surmounted by figure of Britannia. Pedestal is flanked by arching walls with figure of a serviceman at each end. Inscription on the plinth and walls
Britannia stands with right hand raised whilst in her left she holds a spray of laurel and carries a round shield decorated with sea horses. On her head is a helmet topped by a ship's prow with a sea horse crest. Bronze swags placed around the upper edge of the pedestal. A soldier of 1685 stands at the left end of the wall and a soldier of 1902 stands at the right end of the wall. Guns and other military equipment lie on the sloping step at the foot of the pedestal intermingled with wreaths and palms and covered with the union flag. Laurel wreath placed in front.
At the rear of the memorial, on the pedestal, is the regimental badge, a sphinx and a laurel twig device. Below this is the figure of a drummer boy dressed in the uniform of 1743. He sits on a rock beating a call to arms. Behind him are banners, a cannon and a musket.
The memorials sits within a sandstone-walled circle with wide openings flanked by battered columns to the West and East, and columns to the North and South. A stone bench is built into the inner face of the walls.
- Inscription
- (Front face): THE/ KINGS/ LIVERPOOL/ REGIMENT/ THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS/ NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE/ REGIMENT AND BY THE GRATEFUL CONTRIBUTIONS/ OF THE PEOPLE OF LIVERPOOL IN MEMORY OF/ THEIR COMRADES AND FELLOW CITIZENS WHO/ DIED DURING THE CAMPAIGN IN AFGHANISTAN 1878-80/ BURMA 1885-1887 AND SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902/ SOME FELL ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE SOME DIED/ OF WOUNDS AND SOME OF DISEASE BUT ALL GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR THE HONOUR OF THE REG-/-IMENT THEIR CITY AND THEIR COUNTY
(Front face, left arch wing): AFGHANISTAN 1878-80. BURMAH 1885-7/ (Names)
(Front face, right arch wing: SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902/ (Names)
(Front, tomb slab): PRO PATRIA
(Front, base): NEC ASPERA TERRENT
(Rear face, left arch wing): BLENHEIM. RAMILLIES. OUDENARDE./ MALPLAQUET. DETTINGEN. DEFENCE OF
(Rear face, right arch wing): MARTINIQUE. NIAGARA. DELHI./ LUCKNOW. PEIWOR - KOTAL/ LADYSMITH