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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Tapestry / Needlepoint
- District
- Wirral
- Town
- Prenton
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- LOCAL CRAFTSMAN (Artist)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 53231
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Current location
SHAFTESBURY YOUTH CLUB AND COMMUNITY PROJECT
Mendip Rd
Prenton
Wirral
Merseyside
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 300 860
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- SHAFTESBURY BOYS CLUB
Birkenhead
Wirral
Merseyside
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- SHAFTESBURY BOYS CLUB
- Description
- SQUARE CROSS-STITCH EMBROIDERED TAPESTRY STRETCHED OVER SIMPLE WOODEN FRAME EMBROIDERED BORDER OF LEAVES AND VOIDED CROSSES. UNION FLAG AT TOP TO LEFT AND ST GEORGE FLAG AT TOP TO RIGHT.
- Inscription
- SHAFTESBURY BOYS' CLUB/ ROLL OF HONOR/ 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ THE GREAT WAR./ 630 BOYS JOINED THE NAVY AND ARMY./ 79 LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY./ EDITH E. BICKERSTETH
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ainscough, David
Almond, William
Bennet, William
Bibby, J M
Boyd, Robert C
Brown, Edward
Brown, William
Byrne, Thomas
Carruthers, Walter
Cartwright, John
See details for all 79 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 158
Served and returned: 79
Died: 79
Exact count: no
Information shown: year died,forename
Order of information: year died,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tapestry / Needlepoint
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Fabric
- Tapestry / Needlepoint
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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