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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Park / Sports field
- District
- West Lancashire
- Town
- Halsall
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18683
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Current location
To the West of the A5147
North of the village
Halsall Memorial Playing Fields and Hall
Halsall Road (A5147)
Halsall
West Lancashire
Lancashire
L39 8RN
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 37050 10484
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Playing Fields and Hall/ Pavilion with wrought iron gates with a Lancashire rose in the centre of each gate, between pillars at the former entrance. On the wall beside each pillar are two plates - on the left-hand side a Dedicatory inscription, on the right-hand side the list of names. The gates are modern replacements for the originals which were stolen in the 1990s. (See Reference). The present Hall is modern.
- Inscription
- LEFT TABLET: IN / HONOURED MEMORY / OF / THOSE OF THIS / PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES IN THE / SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945 RIGHT TABLET: (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brooks, W
Fletcher, T
Gibbons, R
Halsall, J
Hesketh, J
Jenkinson, T
Mather, A
Sharrock, E
Shaw, D
Spencer, T
See details for all 10 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, initial, rank, unit
Order of information: Surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Building
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brick - Gates
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wrought Iron - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Building
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Building
- 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
- Halsall Playing Field WW2
- WMO ID: 173390
- Condition: Good [last updated on 05-04-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Halsall Parish Council
- Reference
- 'Halsall - The Village Built on a Rock', by John Cotterall, Carnegie Press 2000 has a reference on page 86 to the 'recent... theft of the playing field ornamental gates...'.
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