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    Memorial

    Widnes

    Widnes

    Source: Copyright Barry Miller

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    Current Location

    Victoria Park, Fairfield Rd, Widnes, Halton, Cheshire, WA8 6SG, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SJ 51472 86465

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    Type of Memorial
    Pillar / Column
    WMR Reference Number
    18286
    Description
    Tall square column on collonaded plinth and broad oblong base bearing the name panels; surmounted by an urn and flame in stone Carved cross and wreath on end face of column, laurel swags carved on pedestal arms of Widnes
    Inscription
    12 o'clock: TO OUR/ GLORIOUS/ DEAD 1914 - 1919/ 1939 - 1945 3 o'clock: 6 oclock face: THE BLOOD OF HEROES/ IS THE SEED/ OF FREEDOM 9 o'clock face: THEIR NAME/ LIVETH FOR/ EVERMORE/ ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS/ OF THE BOROUGH OF WIDNES/ IN COMMEMORATION OF THE/ MEN OF THIS PLACE WHO MADE/ THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN/ THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 1919/ THIS FOUNDATION STONE WAS/ LAID 28TH AUGUST 1920 BY/ ALDERMAN EDWIN WOOD MAYOR
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    818
    Died
    818
    Information shown
    surname,rank,regiment
    Order of names
    surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    256
    Died
    256
    Information shown
    surname,rank,regiment
    Maker(s)
    • Herbert Tyson Smith, Sculptor

    • Mr Harold E Davies FS ARC, Architect

    • Messrs Stewart Jones & Co, Builder

    Maintenance History
    The name panels were stolen in 1979 and replaced

    Ceremonies

    Foundation Stone

    28 August 1920

    Unknown

    Unveiled

    28 September 1921

    17th Earl of Derby

    Dedicated

    April 1950

    Mayor of Widnes

    Custodian
    Halton Borough Council

    Components

    Column

    Height: 12.2M

    Width: 10M

    Depth: 10M


    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 503071

    Plaques / Panels with names

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Base

    Made from: Stone - York


    Condition: Good


    • Carter Postcard Collection
    • "I Don't Want to bea Sunbeam" A Roll of Honour of the Men from Widnes, Lancashire, Who Fell in the Great War 1914-1918 and are Commemorated on the War Memorial in Victoria Park, Widnes. By HE Jones. Cenotaph Publishing, Widnes 1999
    • Liverpool Echo, 21 March 2006. p13 "Funding for War Memorial". Concerning English Heritage and Wolfson Foundation funding for restoration.