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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Wirral
- Town
- Prenton
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
Date: Friday 6th August 1920
Attended by: Sir H.de B. de Lisle KCB, KCMG, DSO
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2318
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Current location
Garden at Junction of Prenton Lane
71
Osmaston Road
Prenton
Wirral
Merseyside
CH43 0RD
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 30626 86186
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Cross on large octagonal plinth with decorative stonework. Names around plinth
- Inscription
- TABLET 1: IN HONOUR/ OF/ THE MEN OF/ THIS/ PARISH/ WHO SERVED/ IN/ THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914-1919 TABLET 2: DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ (NAMES) TABLETS 3-6: SERVED ABROAD/ (NAMES) TABLET 7: (NAMES)/ SERVED AT HOME (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, J
Adams, W
Allan, G W
Allan, T H
Ashcroft, E
Ashcroft, G
Ashton, H
Barton, A F
Bell, G R
Bell, T R
See details for all 192 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 202
Served and returned: 168
Died: 34
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname, Rank, Regiment, Decorations
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Slate - Cross
Measurements: depth 3600mm, height 8100mm, width 3600mm
Materials: Stone - Yorkshire
- Tablets
- Listing information
- Prenton War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Prenton War Memorial
- WMO ID: 160987
- Condition: Good [last updated on 11-09-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Birkenhead News, Saturday 7th August 1920
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