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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- St Helens
- Town
- Ravenhead
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 15242
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Current location
IN MEMORIAL HALL IN GROUNDS OF CHURCH
ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH
Crossley St
Ravenhead
St Helens
Merseyside
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 500 950
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- WALL MOUNTED MARBLE TABLET. WHITE MARBLE WITH GOLD LETTERING. THREE TABLETS SET IN WOODEN FRAME. TOP CENTRE OF FRAME IS A RELIEF OF A CROSS WITHIN A LAUREL WREATH.
- Inscription
- TOP OF FRAME:THE BLOOD OF HEROES/ IS THE SEED OF FREEDOM CENTRE TABLET: 1914 1919/ TO THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 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/ (NAMES) LEFT AND RIGHT: (NAMES) BASE OF FRAME: IN MEMORIAM/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allman, Wilfred
Amos, Arthur
Appleton, Wm Edward
Ashcroft, John
Ashton, Thomas
Atherton, Thos Percy
Ball, Thomas
Balmer, Edward
Barnett, Albert
Baron, Gerald
See details for all 154 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 154
Served and returned: 0
Died: 154
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Memorial
- 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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