Willaston War Memorial
Willaston War Memorial
Willaston War Memorial
Willaston War Memorial
Willaston War Memorial
Willaston War Memorial
Willaston War Memorial
Willaston War Memorial
Willaston War Memorial
Willaston War Memorial

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A buttressed bronze sandstone cross on a four-sided buttressed structure of Storeton sandstone, all on a foundation of three stone steps. There are bronze plaques at the sides and a band of carving of diamond patter at the upper portion of each of the four sides. The structure is surmounted by octagonal support for stone octagonal cupola.
Title

Willaston War Memorial

Date

1921

Medium

Storeton stone

Measurements

H 460 x W 195 x D 195 cm

Accession number

CH64_AJ_S001

Work type

War memorial

Custodian

Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

27th February 1921

Listing date

13/01/20

Access

at all times

Inscription description

plaque: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR KING & COUNTRY / DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-19 / THEIR NAMES SHALL LIVE FOR EVER / (34 NAMES) / IN SACRED MEMORY OF / ... / WHO FELL IN THE WAR / 1939-1945.

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Located at

Neston Road, Neston

CH64 2TQ

Located in Christ Church churchyard.