Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Sefton
- Town
- Southport
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 21352
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Current location
Holy Trinity Church
Hoghton Street
Southport
Sefton
Merseyside
PR9 9AZ
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 34170 17561
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- STEPPED STONE GARTH WITH CELTIC CROSS AND BRONZE PLAQUE BEARING THE INSCRIPTION. LOW WALL WITH TEN FURTHER BRONZE PLAQUES CONTAINING THE NAMES. February 2020: There are slate tablets with incised gilded lettering, rather than the bronze plaques described above.
- Inscription
- We shall/ remember them/ 1914-1919/ 1939-1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alderson, Joseph
Allmark, John
Armitage, Harold
Atkinson, William
Baines, W Robert
Ball, C B
Ball, George
Bardswell, Hamilton
Barton, John
Barton, L
See details for all 161 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 138
Served and returned: 0
Died: 138
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname,forename
Order of information: Surname,forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 24
Served and returned: 0
Died: 24
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Slate - Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Tablets
- 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
- Holy Trinity Church Cross
- WMO ID: 140022
- Condition: Good [last updated on 04-12-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- The Parochial Church Council
- Reference
- Description of the memorials at Holy Trinity - including photographs which appear to show that the inscriptions were originally leaded, rather than the present slate tablets: - www.tapatalk.com/groups/warmemorials/holy-trinity-church-t3369.html - but note that Paul Radford's photograph for this entry shows bronze plaques - as also stated in the original description for the entry.
- www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/campaign-launched-restore-war-memorial-3354929
- Some history of the changes to the memorial: www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/140022
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