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    Memorial

    Ince Blundell - WW1 and WW2

    The fountain

    Source: Copyright David Long

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    Current Location

    Former Village School, Outer boundary wall, Back o' the Town Lane, Ince Blundell, Sefton, Merseyside, L38 6JJ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SD 32368 03264

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    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • Richard S Weld-Blundell

    • Louis J Weld-Blundell

    • Robert Blanchard

    • Richard Budworth

    • John Bullen

    • Joseph Cropper

    • Thomas Hollihead

    • William Prescott

    • Christopher Reynolds

    • Thomas Wharton

    • Stephen Hollihead

    • William Prescott

    • William Manchester

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    Type of Memorial
    Fountain
    WMR Reference Number
    2263
    Description
    Roadside drinking fountain constructed of sandstone, with buttressed side pillars and protruding walls supporting a triangular arch surmounted by a Latin cross finial, with an angel carved with the arch who hold a scroll beating the words Pro Fide et Patria (For the Faith and Country). The leaded inscription is on a marble tablet above the water trough, with the WW2 names being inscribed on a separate small marble tablet attached to the bottom of the main tablet.
    Inscription
    + / ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION TO REMEMBER / THE MEN OF INCE BLUNDELL, WHO SERVED IN THE / GREAT EUROPEAN WAR, A.D. 1914 TO A.D. 1918. / THE FOLLOWING LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES. + / (10 NAMES) / REQUIESCANT IN PACE, AMEN. // 1939 (1 NAME) 1945 / (2 NAMES)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    10
    Died
    10
    Information shown
    Forename, initial, surname
    Order of names
    Local landowning family members, then alphabetically by surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    3
    Died
    3
    Information shown
    Forename, surname
    Order of names
    Listed alphabetically by surname
    Sponsor Type
    public

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    c. July 1919

    Custodian
    Sefton Council

    Components

    Tablet

    Made from: Marble - White


    Condition: Good


    Fountain

    Made from: Stone - Sandstone


    Condition: Good


    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    173513

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    • Formby Times - Saturday 17 May 1919 INCE BLUNDELL WAR MEMORIAL £220 subscribed To be a drinking fountain Expected to be ready for dedication early in July.