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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Liverpool
- Town
- Walton
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 15728
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Current location
470
St John the Evangelist Church
Rice Lane
Walton
Liverpool
Merseyside
L9 2BW
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 36234 96412
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- BASE SURMOUNTED BY TWO STEPS ON EACH SIDE OF THE CELTIC CROSS WITH A SQUARE BLOCK SET INTO THEM AT THE EDGE. ABOVE THEM IS THE PLINTH WITH CARVED INSCRIPTION, SHAFT AND THE WHEEL CROSS
- Inscription
- 6 O'CLOCK FACE: DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF OUR GALLANT MEN / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 / AND OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES AT HOME AND ABROAD 1939 - 1945 3 AND 9 O'CLOCK FACES: (NAMES) 12 O'CLOCK FACE: (NAMES) / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. / ST. JOHN
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aitchison, Thomas
Barratt, James Hy
Bather, Arthur
Beattie, Arthur Wm
Beesley, Thomas
Bennett, Joseph
Birkenhead, John
Bloore, Ronald Hy
Bretland, Harold L
Brown, James Robt
See details for all 64 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 64
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 64
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 9
Exact count: no
Information shown: forename
Order of information: forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- Cross
- 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
- Walton Memorial Cross
- WMO ID: 254361
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 14-10-2017]
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- 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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