Memorial

Skelmersdale

The Memorial from the south

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Current Location

Garden of Remembrance, Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale, West Lancashire, Lancashire, WN8 8JX, England

SD 46544 06387

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Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 3416
Description: Serviceman with rifle standing at ease upon a column carrying the names of the fallen of WW1, set upon a plinth, the lower block of which was used for the inscription of the names of the fallen of WW2, which includes one woman.
Inscription: 6 o'clock front plinth face: TO THE / GLORIOUS MEMORY OF / ALL THOSE FROM / SKELMERSDALE / WHO FOUGHT AND GAVE / THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR / KING AND COUNTRY IN / THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 / (13 NAMES) // 9 o'clock plinth face: (28 NAMES) // 3 o'clock plinth face: (30 NAMES) // 6 o'clock face: ALSO THOSE WHO DIED / 1939-1945 // 6 o'clock step face: (24 NAMES) // 9 o'clock step face: (11 NAMES) // 9 o'clock step face, top left corner: WELSBY / SCULPTOR, LIVERPOOL // 3 o'clock step face: (12 NAMES) //

Figure

Height: 5000mm

Width: 3000mm

Depth: 3000mm

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1219702

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