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SET IN MEMORIAL GARDEN LORD ST SOUTHPORT MERSEYSIDE ENGLAND PR8

Type:	COMPOSITE
Other Location Details:	JUNCTION OF LORD ST AND LONDON ST
OS Map Ref:	SD 337 174

Inscription

SOUTH FACE OF NORTHERN COLLONADE: TELL BRITAIN YE WHO MARK THIS MONUMENT

NORTH FACE OF SOUTHERN COLLONADE: FAITHFUL TO HER WE FELL AND REST CONTENT

SOUTH FACE OF SOUTHERN COLLONADE: TO FAMOUS MEN ALL EARTH IS SEPULCHRE

NORTH FACE OF NORTHERN COLLONADE: THEIR PORTION IS WITH THE ETERNAL

EAST FACE OF SOUTHERN COLLONADE: THEY DIED/ THAT WE MIGHT LIVE/ WE LIVE/ ONLY AS WE/ SAFEGUARD THE IDEAS FOR WHICH THEY DIED/ FREEDOM JUSTICE MERCY/ SO LET US LIVE/ THAT WE MAY SHARE/ WITH THEM THE LIFE/ ETERNAL

EAST FACE OF NORTHERN COLLONADE: REMEMBER/ THAT THE MEN/ WHOSE NAMES/ LIVE ON THESE WALLS/ DIED/ IN YOUTH OR PRIME/ THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS/ MIGHT INHERIT/ A HAPPIER WORLD/ AND A HUMAN SOCIETY/ MORE RIGHTEOUS/ AND MORE LOVING/ THAN THESE BRAVE MEN/ AND THEIR GENERATION KNEW

ADDITION 2003: IRAQ 2003/ ROYAL MILITARY POLICE/ THE KING\'S MANCHESTER/REGT./ (NAME)

IN THE CHAPELS: NW: MESSINES RIDGE; PASCHENDAELE; NEUVE CHAPELLE; LOOS; FESTUBERT; YPRES/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ NE: AISNE; SOMME; MARNE; FORET DE MORVEL; MONS; ARRAS/ (NAMES)/ ALL THAT THEY HAD THEY GAVE/ SE: CAMBRAI; LE CATEAU; R. SELLE/ HINDENBURG LINE; SALONIKA; VIMY RIDGE/ FOR THE SACRED CAUSE OF JUSTICE/ SW: FALKLAND (SIC); PALESTINE; ZEBRUGGE; JUTLAND; MESOPOTAMIA; GALLIPOLI/ ON THE DECK OF FAME THEY DIED

OBELISK 6 O\'CLOCK FACE: LOOK/ UPWARD/ STANDING/ MUTE/ SALUTE

OBELISK 3 O\'CLOCK FACE: TO THE/ MEN AND WOMEN/ OF THIS COUNTY BOROUGH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR/ THE LIBERTY OF THE WORLD/ THE SECURITY OF THIS REALM/ IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED IN/ THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE/ WHICH LIES NEARBY IN THE KEEPING OF/ CHRIST/ CHURCH

Components

Component	Material(s)	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
OBELISK	STONE - PORTLAND	21000MM	3650MM	3650MM	GOOD
COLONNADE	STONE - PORTLAND	5540MM	24600MM	4900MM	GOOD
GARDEN

Physical Description

EXTREMELY COMPLEX MEMORIAL. CENTRAL OBELISK FLANKED BY TWO COLLONADES . EACH COLLONADE HAS A SMALL CHAPEL ON EACH END MAKING FOUR CHAPELS IN ALL. MOST NAMES ARE ON THE WALLS OF THESE CHAPELS ALTHOUGH SOME ADDITIONS HAVE BEEN CARVED ON SMALL CIRCULAR PEDESTALS WITHIN THEM. WW2 NAMES ON ADDITIONAL PANELS ADDED TO THE INSIDE OF THE COLLONADE (1992) THE ENTIRE MEMORIAL IS SET IN A MEMORIAL GARDEN WITH TWO FOUNTAINS.

WEST FACE OF NORTHERN COLLONADE: RELIEF PANEL OF BRITANNIA AT REST WITH TRAILING SWORD IN HER RIGHT HAND, HOLDING A SMALL WINGED VICTORY IN HER LEFT HAND
WEST FACE OF SOUTHERN COLLONADE: RELIEF OF BRITANNIA IN MOURNING, LAYING A WREATH OVER A GREEK HELMET WITH A STANDARD BEHIND HER INSCRIBED \"PATRIA\"
EAST FACE OF NORTHERN COLLONADE AND SOUTHERN COLLONADES: CROSSED WREATHES AND TORCHES ABOVE INSCRIPTION

Wars Commemorated & People Remembered

War	FIRST WORLD WAR
Total names on memorial:	1273
Served & Returned	0
Died	1273
Is this an exact count?	Yes, an exact count
How are the names ordered?	regiment > surname
What information is listed on the memorial?	surname, rank, regiment
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	SECOND WORLD WAR
Total names on memorial:	549
Served & Returned	0
Died	549
Is this an exact count?	Yes, an exact count
How are the names ordered?	regiment > surname
What information is listed on the memorial?	surname, rank, regiment
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	ADEN (20C)
Total names on memorial:	1
Served & Returned	0
Died	1
Is this an exact count?	Yes, an exact count
How are the names ordered?	Not known
What information is listed on the memorial?	rank, regiment
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	CYPRUS EMERGENCY
Total names on memorial:	1
Served & Returned	0
Died	1
Is this an exact count?	Yes, an exact count
How are the names ordered?	Not known
What information is listed on the memorial?	rank, regiment
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	IRAQ (21C)
Total names on memorial:	1
Served & Returned	0
Died	1
Is this an exact count?	Yes, an exact count
How are the names ordered?	Not known
What information is listed on the memorial?	rank, year died, regiment
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

Maintenance

Are the letters difficult to read?	No
Who is responsible for the memorial?	SEFTON METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL
Maintenance History:	February 2008: The memorial was undergoing extensive cleaning and refurbishment as part of a £4M project to improve Lord St.

Ceremonies

Date:	18TH NOVEMBER 1923

Role	Performed By
UNVEILING	EARL (17TH) OF DERBY

Date:	07TH JUNE 1992

Role	Performed By
RE-DEDICATED	LORD LIEUTENANT OF MERSEYSIDE

Sponsorship

Sponsorship Type:	Corporate, Public
Did this include a trust or scholarship?	No
Did this include a roll of honour?	No
Cost of Site:	#31.849
Cost of Memorial:	Not known
Comments on Costs:

Craftsmen

Name	Occupation
HERBERT TYSON SMITH	SCULPTOR
MESSRS GRAYSON AND BARNISH	ARCHITECT
W M MOSS	ARCHITECT

References

Co-ordinator's Comments:	EXTREMELY DETAILED FILE CONTAINING THREE SEPARATE REPORTS. WEALTH OF PHOTOGRAPHS INCLUDING ALL NAME PANELS, PRESS CUTTINGS ETC AND TWO COMPLETED FORMS. SEPARATE WW2 PANELS ADDED TO MEMORIAL AND UNVEILED ON 7 JUNE 1992
Comments:	(1) SOUTHPORT CENTRAL LIBRARY: \"BOOK OF THE SOUTHPORT WAR MEMORIAL\" (2) SOUTHPORT VISITOR 15 MARCH 1991
Photographs:	26
Other Documents:	None
Form / Letter:	F
Negatives:	Yes
Drawings / Plans:	Yes
Minutes:	No
Postcards:	1

Publication Name	Author	Date Published	Page / Date	Other Information
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN: BRITISH FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIALS	BOORMAN, DEREK	1988	142