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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Sefton
- Town
- Sefton Village
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 15773
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Current location
ST HELENS CHURCH
Lunt Rd
Sefton Village
Sefton
Merseyside
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 350 010
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- WOODEN BOARD WHICH RECORDS THE VICTORY PEAL OF BELLS IN MAY 1945. BOARD IS WALL-MOUNTED AT PITCHED AT THE TOP. LETTERING IN RELIEF. DECORATIVE BORDER INCLUDES CARVINGS OF BELLS IN FOUR CORNERS OF BOARD AND AT TOP CENTRE. BOARD IS SURMOUNTED BY CARVING IN SHAPE OF SHIELD. SHIELD BEARS RELIEF OF CROSS WITHIN CROWN.
- Inscription
- SAINT HELEN/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN THANKSGIVING/ FOR THE VICTORIOUS END OF/ THE EUROPEAN WAR 1939-1945/ ON WEDNESDAY THE 9TH OF MAY 1945/ IN TWO HOURS AND FIFTY MINUTES/ THERE WAS RUNG IN THIS TOWER/ A VICTORY PEAL 5040 CHANGES/ BEING THREE EXTENTS OF OXFORD/ AND FOUR OF KENT BOB MINOR/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: Undefined
Exact count: no
Information shown: additional
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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