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    Memorial

    Aughton Cenotaph

    The Garden of Remembrance

    1/7

    Current Location

    Just off Station Road, beside the Co-op car park, Garden of Remembrance, Granville Park, Aughton, West Lancashire, Lancashire, L39 5HA, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SD 40136 05627

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    Type of Memorial
    Obelisk
    WMR Reference Number
    3402
    Description
    Three-stepped base surmounted by a column, beneath the battered obelisk. The column has a frieze of laurel wreathes around its base, and a wider frieze of wreathes and ribbons above. The dedicatory inscription is on the front face of the column, with plates on the other three sides carrying the WW1 names. Laurel leaves, falling to the sides, are carved in relief above each plaque. The WW2 names are on a rectangular plaque on the front of the top step beneath the column. The inscription are cast on bronze plaques.
    Inscription
    (6 OCLOCK FACE): TO THE MEMORY OF/ THOSE OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ "SONS OF THIS PLACE,/ LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE/ ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD/ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP/ A RICHER HARVEST/ ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP."/ REV. T F ROYDS/ (NAMES)/PRO PATRIA 1939-1945/(WW2 NAMES) (OTHER FACES): (NAMES)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    77
    Died
    77
    Information shown
    surname,forename
    Order of names
    surname,forename
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    20
    Died
    20
    Information shown
    surname,forename
    Order of names
    surname,forename
    Maintenance History
    2001: THE MEMORIAL WAS RESTORED AND REDEDICATED. April 2006: listed buildings status conferred

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    11 February 1922

    Right Hon. the Earl of Derby, K.G.

    Rededicated

    16 October 1948

    T.B. Medcalf, Esq., J.P.

    Components

    Obelisk

    Height: 6500MM

    Width: 2500MM

    Depth: 2500MM


    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good


    Plaques / Panels with names

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good