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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wirral
- Town
- Birkenhead
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 29th November 1920
Attended by: Bishop of Chester
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 53138
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Current location
MUSEUM BASEMENT ARCHIVE
WILLIAMSON ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM
Slatey Rd
Birkenhead
Wirral
Merseyside
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 300 880
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- VERNONS FLOUR MILL
Dock Rd
Birkenhead
Wirral
Merseyside
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- VERNONS FLOUR MILL
- Description
- RECTANGULAR PLAQUE CURRENTLY FREESTANDING ENGRAVED BORDER OF BLACK DECORATIVE PATTERN PLUS RED FLORAL PATERA AROUND MAIN INSCRIPTION AND EMBOSSED DESIGN IN RED DECORATING THE LARGE T AT THE BEGINNING OF THE INSCRIPTION
- Inscription
- THIS TABLET WAS/ ERECTED TO THE/ MEMORY OF THE/ MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bailey, Albert
Bellis, William C
Brooks, Cecil W
Campbell, Richard
Donald, J Mc
Gibney, Samuel
Higgins, Stanley
Hughes, Sidney H
Jones, Herbert R
King, Norman T
See details for all 18 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 36
Served and returned: 18
Died: 18
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,forename
Order of information: surname,rank,forename,regiment,year died
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 107CM, width 65CM
Materials: Brass
- 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
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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© WMR-53138
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