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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Ellesmere Port
- Town
- Willaston In Wirral
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 9948
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Current location
Royal British Legion Club
Hooton Rd
Willaston In Wirral
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire
CH64 1SJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 33624 77995
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Bronze wall-mounted plaque with white inscription
- Inscription
- ROYAL BRITISH LEGION / WILLASTON-IN-WORRAL/ TO THE FALLEN / 1914-1918 / (Names) / 1939-1945 / (Names) / THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD AS WE WHO ARE LEFT GROW OLD/ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN / AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Argyle, R
Arrowsmith, J
Cottrell, A
Crossley, F
Crowmwell, T L
Dawson, G M
Dickinson, J
Gonner, E D
Graham, A
Harris, F
See details for all 34 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 34
Served and returned: 0
Died: 34
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- 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 - Responsibility
- BRITISH LEGION
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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