Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
- District
- Liverpool
- Town
- Kirkdale
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- Messrs Shepherd and Bower (Designer)
Mr WR Burden (Builder)
Herbert Tyson Smith (Wood Carver) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: August 1947
Attended by: WILLIAM PRINGLE - Unveiled
Date: 20 July 1947
Attended by: William Pringle, Treasurer - Dedicated
Date: 2 September 1923
Attended by: Rev Stanley Rogers - Unveiled
Date: 2 September 1923
Attended by: Rev Stanley Rogers - Show More (3)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 15553
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Current location
Westminster Rd URC
Orwell Rd
Kirkdale
Liverpool
Merseyside
L4 1XU
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 35254 93671
Denomination: United Reformed
- Description
- Memorial was originally designed asa screen around the pulpit but since the redesign of the church it now forms part of the panelling. Inscription in gold lettering with the names carved onto a central panel below the dedicatory inscription which runs the whole length. WW2 panel was below the the WW1 panel of names
- Inscription
- TO THE PROUD AND HONOURED MEMORY OF THOSE MEN FROM THIS CONGREGATION WHO FOUGHT AND GAVE THIER LIVES IN THE GREAT WARS / (Names) / 1914 - 1918. / (Names) / 1939 - 1945 (The S was added to WAR in 1947)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barbour, C
Barbour, W
Claekson, W
Clarkson, J
Glew, C W
Harris, L G
Hewitt, W
Higgins, L
Hilton, W
Hocking, J W
See details for all 32 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 0
Died: 26
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Walnut
- Memorial
- 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
- Westminster Road Congregational Church
- WMO ID: 214427
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 20-08-2019]
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- Costs
Memorial: £11
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Diaconate Minute Book, Westminster Congregational Church, 11 August 1947: "on July 20/47...the unveiling of the war memorial by our treasurer Mr Pringle was duly recorded in our minutes. Mr James states that the cost of the latter was only £11.0.0 + our treasurer was authorised to forward our sincere thanks to the contractor for his services."
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