Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Battlefield cross or marker
- District
- Sefton
- Town
- Bootle
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 01 June1935
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 15181
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Current location
Christ Church
Oxford Road
Bootle
Sefton
Merseyside
L20 9HN
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 34851 95138
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A GRU/IWGC battlefield cross on a white backboard of the same shape as the cross .There is an GRU/IWGC tag at the top of the upright , a white metal strip at the crossing point and a rectangular brass plaque fixed to the lower part of the upright . At the base of the cross there is a monochrome framed photograph which shows a church spire, the caption is illegible in the photograph. On each side of the cross is a white paper cross made and decorated by local children
- Inscription
- GRU/ UNKNOWN BRITISH SOLDIER/ 1914 - 1918/ THIS CROSS/ TEMPORARILY/ MARKED THE GRAVE/ OF AN UNKNOWN/ BRITISH SOLDIER/ IN FLANDERS/ WAS PRESENTED/ BY THE/ BOOTLE BRANCH/ OF THE/ BRITISH LEGION/ JUNE 1935/ HJM FALL CHAIRMAN
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Photograph/s
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Paper - Battlefield Cross or Marker
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Photograph/s
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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