Memorial

St Mary With St Athanasius Parishioners

Surviving stone of original Memorial

Source: Copyright Sharon Hughes

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Current Location

St Mary with St Athanasius Church, Fountains Road, Kirkdale, Liverpool, Merseyside, L4 1SN, England

SJ 35024 93387

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 2441
Description: Screen (lost) and two tablets
Inscription: (ORIGINAL INSCRIPTION ON SCREEN): ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL/MEMORY OF THE BRAVE MEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CHURCH/AND PARISH WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED, ANMD WHO DIED/FOR HONOUR AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/THESE MEN DIED, LEAVING THEIR DEATHS FOR AN EXAMPLE OF/A NOBLE COURAGE, AND A MEMORIAL TO VIRTUE, NOT ONLY/UNTO YOUNG MEN, BUT UNTO THEIR NATION II MACC.VI.,31./(NAMES) (PRESENT CHURCH FOYER): THE PARISH CHURCH OF/ST ATHANASIUS KIRKDALE/BUILT 1880 WAS DESTROYED/BY ENEMY ACTION MAY 1941/THIS FOUNDATION STONE OF/THE NEW CHURCH BUILT/ON THE SAME SITE WAS/LAID BY CHARLES ROBERTS/LORD BISHOP OF WARRINGTON/ON THE 29TH SEPTEMBER 1956 (INSIDE PRESENT CHURCH); PRAISE GOD FOR/OUR BELOVED DEAD/VICTIMS OF WAR/1914-1918 *1939-1945/GREATER LOVE HATH NO/MAN THAN THIS THAT A/MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE/FOR HIS FRIENDS

Tablets

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Screen

Made from: Wood

Condition: Lost