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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Liverpool
Town
Mossley
County
Merseyside
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
15601

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Current location

ROSE LANE AND MOSSLEY HILL ROAD IN THE MEMORIAL CHAPEL
ST MATTHEW AND ST JAMES CHURCH
Rose La
Mossley
Liverpool
Merseyside
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 380 870
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
THREE STONE TABLETS WITH NAMES SET INTO A CARVED SANDSTONE NICHE. INSCRIPTION ABOVE AND BELOW THEM ABOVE THE NAMES TABLETS IS A RELIEF OF A WREATH WITH A CROSS IN IT FLANKED BY PALM FRONDS. OUTSIDE UPPER EDGE OF THE NICHE HAS A CONVEX PATTERN WITH EACH POINT SURMOUNTED BY A TREFOIL SHAPE
Inscription
THE GLORY DIES NOT AND THE GRIEF IS PAST / (NAMES) / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Allen, Edward
Auston, John Norman
Ball, William
Barclay, Robert
Barlow, Horace
Beaumont, Albert Edawrd
Billington, Herbert David
Boag, Arthur Joseph
Boult, Reginald Herbert Swinton
Boyle, Carl Frerderick Peter
See details for all 79 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 79
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 79
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
    Order of information: surname,rank,regiment
Components
  • First World War memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
  • CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW AND ST JAMES
  • Grade II*
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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