Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Liverpool
- Town
- West Derby Village
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- Bowman and Sons (Builder)
MR CHARLES M OLDRID SCOTT (Architect) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 18th June 1921
Attended by: Bishop of Liverpool
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 52709
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Current location
Town Row entrance to Croxteth Country Park
6-18 Town Row
West Derby Village
Liverpool
Merseyside
L12 5HW
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 39696 93250
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- CROSS WITH FOUR PLAQUES FOR WW1 IN FRONT WITH WW2 PLAQUE ON WALL BEHIND CROSS: FOUR SHIELDS CARVED IN STONE ON ALTERNATE FACES OF BASE BEARING EMBLEM OF ST ANDREW, ST PATRICK, ST GEORGE AND HERALDIC WELSH DRAGON WW2 PLAQUE: DECORATIVE ENAMEL BORDER EMBODYING ROSE, THISTLE, SHAMROCK, DAFFODIL AND ENAMEL SHIELDS AT EACH CORNER FOR ST GEORGE, ST PATRICK, ST ANDREW AND WELSH DRAGON (MISSING)
- Inscription
- CROSS: GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ (NAMES) WW2 PLAQUE ON ADJACENT WALL: 1939-1946/ TO THE MEMORY OF MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF WEST DERBY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WAR/ WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM (EXACT LINE BREAKS UNKNOWN)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Acton, Charles
Acton, Charles
Allen, Peracy
Allen, Percy J
Almond, Arthur
Almond, Arthur
Almond, John
Almond, John
Anderson, Robert H
Anderson, Robert H
See details for all 252 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 250
Served and returned: 125
Died: 125
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: Undefined
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth C 4FT 6IN, height 22FT 8IN, width C 4FT 6IN
Materials: Stone - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- 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
- History
- CLEANED AND RENOVATED 1982
- Costs
Site: 10 S
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private,public
- Responsibility
- TRUSTEES OF WEST DERBY DISTRICT WAR MEMORIAL
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