Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Halton
- Town
- Widnes
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18234
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Current location
ST BEDES CHURCH
Appleton Village
Widnes
Halton
Cheshire
WA8 6PU
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 51445 86301
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- VERY ELABORATE CALVARY CROSS WITH FIGURES OF MARY, MARY MAGDALENE AND ST JOHN KNEELING BEFORE THE CRUCIFIED CHRIST. ON SQUARE PLINTH AND TWO STEPPED BASE. SET IN SMALL RAILED ENCLOSURE
- Inscription
- (FRONT) PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF/ (NAMES) WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR (SIDES) (NAMES) (REVERSE) PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF/ (NAMES) MAY THEY REST IN PEACE/ 1939 - 1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allister, John Mc
Alty, Peter
Alty, Robert
Ashton, Robert
Bailey, William
Brodigan, Michael
Brown, Benjamin
Burns, Michael
Byrne, James
Byrne, Martin
See details for all 87 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 81
Served and returned: 0
Died: 81
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- 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
- History
- APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN RECENTLY RESTORED (MAY 1999)
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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