Memorial
Liverpool (ford) Rc Cemetery - Memorial 2
Current Location
NEAR THE CEMETERY ENTRANCE, Gorsey La, Litherland, Sefton, Merseyside, L22 3YB, England
OS Grid Reference
SJ 330 980
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Wall
- WMR Reference Number
- 45957
- Description
- STONE WALL MOUNTED WITH FIVE PLAQUES. TWO LEFTHAND PLAQUES AND TWO RIGHTHAND PLAQUES HAVE NAMES AND ON THE MIDDLE PLAQUE IS THE INSCRIPTION. THIS MEMORIAL REPLACES AN EARLIER ONE THAT WAS ALL STONE. IT WAS A WALL OF WW1 NAMES WITH A SLOPING BASE ALONG THE BOTTOM THAT WAS INSCRIBED WITH WW2 NAMES AND A SMALL PLINTHS ON EACH SIDE TOPPED BY AN INSCRIBED TABLET OF WW1 NAMES. LOST MEMORIAL WALL HAD A LATIN CROSS CARVED IN A CENTRAL PANEL BETWEEN COLUMNS OF WW1 NAMES.
- Inscription
- LEFTHAND PLAQUES: (NAMES) CENTRE PLAQUE: 1914/ 1918/ 1939/ 1945/ THOSE HONOURED HERE/ DIED IN THE SERVICE/ OF THEIR COUNTRY/ AND LIE BURIED/ IN THIS CEMETERY RIGHTHAND PLAQUES: (NAMES) LOST MEMORIAL LEFTHAND TABLET: (NAMES) LOST MEMORIAL CENTRE WALL: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ SWEET JESUS HAVE MERCY ON THE SOULS OF/ (NAMES)/ TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF TWENTY FOUR SAILORS AND SOLDIERS WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 AND/ WHO LIE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY AND ARE NOT OTHERWISE COMMEMORATED LOST MEMORIAL ALONG BASE OF CENTRE WALL: 1939/ 1945/ THESE MEMBERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ AND LIE BURIED ELSEWHERE IN THIS CEMETERY/ (NAMES) LOST MEMORIAL RIGHTHAND TABLET: (NAMES)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 68
- Served
- 34
- Died
- 34
- Information shown
- surname,rank,regiment
- Order of names
- surname,rank,regiment
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 28
- Served
- 14
- Died
- 14
- Information shown
- surname,rank,regiment
- Order of names
- surname,rank,regiment
- Maintenance History
- ORIGINAL MEMORIAL WAS VULNERABLE TO VANDALISM AND THEREFORE REPLACED BY THE NEW MEMORIAL IN A LESS ISOLATED POSITION.
Components
- Plaque
Made from: Bronze
Condition: Good
- Plinth
Made from: Stone
Condition: Lost
- Wall
Made from: Stone
Condition: Lost