Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Sefton
Town
Southport
County
Merseyside
Country
England
Commemoration
VC or GC Recipients
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
87934

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Previous locations
  • The Monument
    London Square
    Southport
    Sefton
    Merseyside
    PR8 1AA
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SD 33705 17381
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
VC tablets set in the pavement in front of the obelisk of the Southport Monument (WMR 1228)
Inscription
1:For Valour/ Private/ Richard Masters/ Army Service Corps/ 9th April 1918 2: For Valour/ Captain Harold Ackroyd/ Royal Army Medical Corps/ 31st July - 1st August 1917
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ackroyd, Harold
Masters, Richard
See details for all 2 names
Commemorations
  • VC or GC Recipients
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, unit, date of action
    Order of information: Rank, forename, surname, unit, date of action
Components
  • Tablets
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council

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