Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Lancaster
- Town
- Halton
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: April 1920
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3334
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Current location
St Wilfrid's Church
Halton
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA2 6LP
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 49896 64722
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- CIRCULAR BASE SURMOUNTED BY LOW SQUARE WALL, TAPERED PLINTH, TAPERED SHAFT AND CROSS WITH PLAQUE BEHIND IT. INSCRIPTION ON THE FRONT FACE OF THE PLINTH AND ON TABLETS SET INTO THE WALL WHICH IS BUILT BEHIND THE CROSS.
- Inscription
- PLINTH: THESE PASSED OUT OF/ THE SIGHT OF MEN/ BY THE PATH OF DUTY/ AND SELF-SACRIFICE TABLETS: TO THE MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF HALTON & AUGHTON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)/ 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 25
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 25
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Wall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- 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
- Halton Cross
- WMO ID: 222887
- Condition: Good [last updated on 20-05-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Lancaster Guardian 3 April 1920 p5 col 5 50 lines Halton War Memorial formally dedicated
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