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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Sefton
- Town
- Southport
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 21918
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Current location
With other imported memorials on the South wall of the church
St Philip and St Paul With Wesley Church
Scarisbrick New Road
Southport
Sefton
Merseyside
PR8 6QR
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 34326 16281
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Southport Community Church
Ash Street
Southport
Sefton
Merseyside
PR8 6JH
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 34326 16281
Denomination: Undefined
- Southport Community Church
- Description
- A large cast bronze plaque with a frieze carrying Celtic motif, punctuated at the corners with circles containing a star design. Beside the dedication at the top there is a raised coat of arms depicting a dragon over a shield quartered by a cross, with three shells in each quarter. A scroll bearing the inscription 'God is Love' sits below. All lettering is raised. There is a small plaque fixed to the wall above explaining the memorial's origins.
- Inscription
- In loving gratitude are here recorded the/ names of those of this Church and Sunday/ School who served in the Great War 1914-1918./ (Names)/ The names of those who served and nobly gave their lives are elsewhere commemorated.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Andrews, Alfred
Ball, Elijah
Ball, George H
Broadhurst, G K
Cooper, Herman
Crook, Cecil Tom
Crook, Peter F
Crook, William E
Dearden, William E
Evans, David L
See details for all 77 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 77
Served and returned: 77
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Christian name, surname
Order of information: Christian name, surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- 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
- SOUTHBANK ROAD METHODIST CHURCH & SUNDAY SCHOOL
- WMO ID: 186081
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 18-09-2014]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- The Church Trustees
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