Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Wirral
- Town
- Thornton Hough
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- MR JAMES L SIMPSON (Designer)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 23rd April 1921
Attended by: LORD LEVERHULME
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1268
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Current location
Adjacent to St George's URC Churchyard
Junction Of St Georges Way And Thornton Common Rd
Thornton Hough
Wirral
Merseyside
CH63 1JlL
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 30508 80981
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Celtic cross on tall slim shaft. Small inscription plaque on shaft.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN GRATEFUL/MEMORY OF THE MEN/OF THIS PARISH WHO/LAID DOWN THEIR/LIVES IN THE GREAT/WAR 1914-1918/(Names...)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anderson, James Edward
Ankers, John
Bethell, Albert Henry
Brassey, Richard Joseph
Brewin, Harold
Cottrell, Peter Ernest
Evans, John Richard
Fernie, Roy Mackenzie
Hackney, Charles Henry
Hall, Henry Victor
See details for all 17 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: 0
Died: 17
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 4000mm
Materials: Stone - Darley Dale - Plaque
Measurements: height 450mm, width 100mm
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
- THORNTON HOUGH
- WMO ID: 121244
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Public
Details: Numerous individual donations, primarily from townspeople of Thornton Hough and Brimstage. - Reference
- War Memorials Trust WM803 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=178
- Lever Brothers house magazine ''Progress'' Vol.21 April 1921 No. 149 - the Memorial and its unveiling.
- Other website maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=CH63+1JW&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
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