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    Memorial

    Hightown

    The memorial from the north

    Source: Copyright David Long

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    Current Location

    Highway Roundabout, Kerslake Way/ St Stephen's Road/ Lower Alt Road, Hightown, Sefton, Merseyside, L38 0BD, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SD 29855 03703

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    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • George Bradshaw

    • John Bullen

    • Harold Crompton

    • James Hampson

    • James L Kenny

    • Percy Lancaster

    • Percival Frederick Owen

    • Joseph Rainford

    • James S Riding

    • Arthur John Scott

    • John Godfrey Wills

    • James Wylie

    • Terence Boardman

    • Ronald Baybut

    • Neil Buchanan

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    Type of Memorial
    Allegory (eg: Victory)
    WMR Reference Number
    2261
    Description
    Brick column with Portland stone base and corniced sandstone and Portland stone feature below the dedicatory panels. The column is surmounted by a Portland stone carving of a kneeling, sorrowing angel with furled wings proffering a laurel wreath, facing East. Below the angel, and above the dedicatory panels, there is a carved sandstone Latin Cross emerging from an elaborate Portland stone carving centred on the Royal Standard, with military accoutrements - helmets, weapons, and standards - behind. The Great War dedication is below, with the names on the flanking faces. The WW2 dedication and names are on the reverse of the column. The names and dedications are incised and rubricated on slate panels within nowy headed Portland stone frames. The dates of the conflicts are incised on the Portland stone stratum of the cornice. The memorial stands within a sandstone representation of a Celtic cross, with the shafts forming the steps, and the central wheel being laid out with bricks. The memorial stands within a traffic island.
    Inscription
    Front face: Their name/ liveth for/ evermore/ 1914 - 1919 Right face: (Names) Left face: (Names) Rear face: (Names)/ 1939-1945
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    11
    Died
    11
    Information shown
    Forename, surname
    Order of names
    No apparent order
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    10
    Died
    10
    Information shown
    Forename, surname
    Order of names
    No apparent order
    Maker(s)
    • George Herbert Tyson Smith, Sculptor

    • Trenwith Wells, Designer

    Maintenance History
    The memorial was vandalised in 2003, someone splattered yellow paint on the names.
    Custodian
    Sefton Council

    Components

    Obelisk

    Made from: Brick


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1452923

    Sculpture

    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Poor


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1452923

    Erosion of features