Memorial details

Memorial type
Sculpture
District
West Lancashire
Town
Parbold
County
Lancashire
Country
England
Commemoration
Non-Specific Conflict
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
85324

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Current location

Our Lady and All Saints RC Church
Lancaster Lane
Parbold
West Lancashire
Lancashire
WN8
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 49538 10806
Denomination: Roman Catholic

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Description
A modern sculpture set between the lights of the WW1 Memorial Window (WMR 51499). An explanatory plaque beneath it explains its design: "... based on the explosive forms of the Hedgehogs of World War II.... Attached are... a section of a helmet... tailpiece of an aircraft... punctured armour plate... a reminder of punctured flesh...." Details of the designer are given at the bottom.
Inscription
On the sculpture itself: To all/ who have died/ as a result of/ war and violence/ We will/ remember/ them On the plaque beneath: To all who have died/ as a result of War and Violence/ The above Memorial evokes Isaiah 2.4/ these will hammer their swords into ploughshares, their swords into sickles./ Nation will not lift sword against nation, there will be no more training for war/ The design is based on the explosive forms of the Hedgehogs of World War II/ These were to impeded Landing Craft on the Normandy beaches/ Attached are a sickle shaped section of a helmet/ the tailpiece of an aircraft forming the primitive shape of a hatchet/ and a punctured armour plate, a reminder of the punctured flesh of the combatants./ This memorial was designed by Bryan Dutton an architect and a member of the Parish
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Non-Specific Conflict
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Sculpture
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Metal
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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