Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Fylde
- Town
- Poulton Le Fylde
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Afghanistan (2001-2014)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3420
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Current location
Town centre Market Palce
Market Place
Market Place
Poulton Le Fylde
Fylde
Lancashire
FY6 7AY
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 34801 39402
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Queens Sq
Poulton le Fylde
Wyre
Lancashire
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Queens Sq
- Description
- Cross on a large four sided column with bronze plaques stating names. Additinoal stone at back of cross wit two tablets of WW2 names. On small cobbled area surrounded by chain-linked fence.
- Inscription
- FRONT: LOVE'S STRENGTH STANDETH IN LOVE'S SACRIFICE/ TO THE GLORIOUS/ MEMORY OF TH MEN/ OF POULTON LE FYLDE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-19/ \"LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND - WE FOR ENGLAND DIED\" LEFT: (NAMES A - G) RIGHT: (NAMES I - W) BACK: (NAMES WW 2)/ (ADDITIONAL 3 NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ardern, Walter
Ashton, John
Bailey, Joseph C
Bamber, Keith
Bamber, Richard T
Baron, Norman
Beesley, Henry
Beesley, Henry
Bennett, James
Bibby, Richard
See details for all 90 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 45
Served and returned: 0
Died: 43
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 45
Served and returned: 0
Died: 45
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename - Afghanistan (2001-2014)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, first name, last name, place of death, date of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Slate - Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Stone of remembrance
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Plaques
- 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
- Poulton Le Fylde
- WMO ID: 164145
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 15-01-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- www.ww2museums.com/article/17431/War-Memorial-Poulton-le-Fylde.htm
- "Poulton-le-Fylde War Memorial." Historic England, historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1467921. Accessed 7 August 2024.
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