Memorial

Holy Trinity Southport - WW1 and WW2

The memorial

Source: Copyright Paul Radford

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Current Location

Holy Trinity Church, Hoghton Street, Southport, Sefton, Merseyside, PR9 9AZ, England

SD 34170 17561

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 21352
Description: STEPPED STONE GARTH WITH CELTIC CROSS AND BRONZE PLAQUE BEARING THE INSCRIPTION. LOW WALL WITH TEN FURTHER BRONZE PLAQUES CONTAINING THE NAMES. February 2020: There are slate tablets with incised gilded lettering, rather than the bronze plaques described above.
Inscription: We shall/ remember them/ 1914-1919/ 1939-1945/ (Names)

Cross

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Tablets

Made from: Slate

Condition: Good

Description of the memorials at Holy Trinity - including photographs which appear to show that the inscriptions were originally leaded, rather than the present slate tablets: - https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/warmemorials/holy-trinity-church-t3369.html - but note that Paul Radford's photograph for this entry shows bronze plaques - as also stated in the original description for the entry.
Some history of the changes to the memorial: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/140022