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Title
New Brighton War Memorial
Date
1917
Medium
Portland stone
Accession number
CH45_RB_S034
Acquisition method
funded by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Custodian
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
26th January 1921
Listing date
24/03/11
Access
at all times
Inscription description
inscribed on the front of the pedestal: 1914 1919 / TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN HONOUR OF THE / BRAVE MEN OF THIS BOROUGH / WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT / WAR AND TO THE LOVING / MEMORY OF THOSE WHO / MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE; on the left side of the pedestal: 1939-1945 / IN HONOUR OF / THE MEN AND / WOMEN WHO / SERVED IN THE / ARMED FORCES / IN THE SECOND / WORLD WAR; and on the right side: AND OF / THE MEN AND / WOMEN WHO / SERVED IN CIVIL / DEFENCE AND / THE AUXILIARY / FORCES / 1939-1945.