Memorial

Hamilton United Reform Church

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Current Location

Near junction with Shrewsbury Road, Hamilton Memorial United Reformed Church, Upton Road, Claughton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH41 0DE, England

SJ 29845 89165

United Reformed

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 1949
Description: Inscribed sandstone tablet over entrance doorway and inscribed bronze plaque on wall inside church. Bronze plaque set on wooden backboard.
Inscription: Tablet: THESE BUILDINGS WERE ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE BRAVE MEN/ OF OUR CONGREGATION WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE WAR FOR FREEDOM 1914-1919 / LET NO ONE WHO WORSHIPS WITHIN THESE WALLS OR WHO PASSES BY/ FORGET THOSE MAIMED OR SIGHTLESS WHO MUST SUFFER ALL THROUGH LIFE / SAY NOT 'TWAS ALL IN VAIN.' / THE ANGUISH AND THE DARKNESS AND THE STRIFE / LOVE THROWN UOPION THE WATERS COMES AGAIN / IN QUENCHLESS YEARNINGS FOR A NOBLER LIFE / THIS STONE WAS PLACED HERE BY JOHN H ZIEGLER ESQ. J.P. BIRKENHEAD APRIL 6TH 1922 Plaque: TO THE / GLORY OF GOD AND IN / LOVING MEMORY OF THE / MEMBERS AND ADHERANTS [sic.] / OF THIS CHURCH WHO LAID / DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR FOR FREEDOM / 1914-1919 / [Names] / "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" / THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED BY / PETER DUFF ESQ. 2ND JULY 1922

Plaque

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

Tablet

Made from: Stone - Sandstone

Condition: Good

Backboard