Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Sefton
Town
Formby
County
Merseyside
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
15415

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Current location

At the end of a cross-path
at right angles to the graves
18-20
St Peter's Churchyard
Green Lane
Formby
Sefton
Merseyside
L37 7DL
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 29899 08270
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Dark grey granite memorial Celtic cross with the subject's regimental badge and unit incised at the crossing, on a tapered shaft on a battered plinth, set on a square sandstone base. The incised inscription is on the plinth. This is one of two similar Formby Volunteers Boer War Memorial Crosses in Formby - the other is in Our Lady's churchyard (WMR 99237). Perhaps erected by their regimental comrades.
Inscription
Erected in Memory of/ Private Peter Patten/ D Company 3rd Volunteer Battalion/ The King's [Liverpool] Regiment,/ who Died April 5th 1901,/ at Elandsfontein, South Africa,/ in the Service of his Country in/ The Boer War./ Aged 22 years./ "Honour the Brave."
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Patten, Peter
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Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, unit, manner, date, place, and country of death, age
    Order of information: As above
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite - Polished
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
The Parochial Church Council

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