Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wirral
- Town
- Great Meols
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2512
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Current location
St John The Baptist Church
Birkenhead Road
Great Meols
Wirral
Merseyside
CH47 6AU
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 22861 90050
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Plaque with wooden backboard The Union Jack and the Flag of the Royal Navy on the top
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PERPETUAL/ REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF MEOLSE (SIC) WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ "THEY LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM: ENDURED HARDNESS./ FACED DANGER, AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF/ MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Banks, Arthur
Banks, William
Bird, Richard H
Crichton, Harold G
Harkness, Raymond
Heron, Erenst H
Herschell, Ernest
Hilton, J Clifford
Kemp, Douglas W
Lloyd, John L
See details for all 14 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, Surname
Order of information: Surname, Forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- 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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