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Title
Neston War Memorial
Date
1920
Medium
sandstone
Measurements
H 318 x W 64 x D (?) cm
Accession number
CH64_AJ_S004
Work type
War memorial
Custodian
Church of St Mary and St Helen
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
29th August 1920
Listing date
09/01/18
Access
at all times
Inscription description
plinth: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN IMPERISHABLE MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / (WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED / IN THE CHURCH) WHO LAID DOWN / THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919 / THEIR BODIES ARE BURIED IN PEACE / BUT THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.; plinth: ALSO / OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1939 – 1945.