Memorial

Runcorn

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Junction Of Weston Road And Greenway Road And Moughland Lane, 2 Weston Road, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, WA7 4JT, England

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SJ 50898 82093

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 58
Description: CROSS WITH INSCRIPTION. WWII NAMES ON MARBLE TABLETS MOUNTED ON SANDSTONE WALL BEHIND.
Inscription: (ON MEMORIAL) MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH HIM THAT LOVED US. / OBEYING THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL, SERVING HUMANITY, THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE CAUSE OF TRUTH, OF JUSTICE AND FREEDOM IN THE GREAT W AR / THESE, AT THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY, LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED HARDENESS, FACED DANGER, AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF-SACRIFICE, GIVING UP THEIR OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM / LET THOSE WHO CAME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES ARE NOT FORGOTTEN (ON WALL BEHIND) THEY SOUGHT THE GLORY OF THEIR COUNTRY AND FOUND THE GLORY OF THEIR GOD / AS DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE (WW2 Section) TO THE GLORY OF GOD, AND TO THE LASTING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF RUNCORN, WHO FELL IN WIDESPREAD BATTLE ON LAND, SEA, AND IN THE AIR, OR DIED AT HOME OR IN HOSPITAL IN CONSEQUENCE OF SERVICES RENDERED TO THEIR COUNTRY IN WORLD WAR II 1939-1945

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 361
Died: 361
Information shown: Initial, Surname
Order of names: surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 119
Died: 119
Information shown: Initial, Surname
Order of names: Surname

History

Sponsor Type: public

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14 November 1920

Col. W.Bromley Davenport (Lord Lieutenant of the County of Chester), Robert H. Posett (Chairman of Runcorn UDC), Major G F Ashton MC (On behalf of the ex-servicemen of Runcorn), Rev H N Perrin MA OBE (Officiating)

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