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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Pulpit or pulpit part
- District
- Wirral
- Town
- Oxton
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 15337
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Current location
Wirral Christian Centre
Woodchurch Road
Oxton
Wirral
Merseyside
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 290 870
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- OXTON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Woodchurch Rd
Oxton
Wirral
Merseyside
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 290 870
Denomination: Congregational
- OXTON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
- Description
- PULPIT WITH DEDICATORY BRONZE PLAQUE BEARING WW1 INSCRIPTION. WOODEN BOARD WITH GOLD LETTERING BEARS WW2 NAME.
- Inscription
- THIS PULPIT WAS PRESENTED BY THE YOUNG/ MEN OF THIS CHURCH AS A MEMORIAL TO THEIR/ COMRADES WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"/ IN MEMORIAM/ 1939-1945/ THOMAS WARREN
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bennett, T
Challoner, M E
Comley, H
Cottrell, J
Cottrell, R A
Foggo, W H
Howarth, P
Howells, G D
Pantlin, E
Reid, W
See details for all 11 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Pulpit
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown
- Board
- 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
- History
- 2008: Church purchased by the Wirral Christian Centre. Fully refurbished. Location and status of memorial is unknown.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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