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    © Imperial War Museums 2026

    Memorial

    St Marys Church Upton Overchurch

    Tablet.

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    Current Location

    St Mary's Church, Church Road, Upton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 6JY, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SJ 27177 88119

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • William Harold Atkinson

    • George Walter Atkinson

    • John Murray Bell

    • John Thomas Bennett

    • John Bennett

    • John Osmond Bufton

    • Thomas Byrom

    • George Casey

    • Henry Darcy

    • James Devaney

    • George Devaney

    • John Frederick Goodwin

    • John Henry Halligan

    • Patrick Hanlon

    • Thomas Hawe

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    2320
    Description
    White nowy headed marble tablet and capitalised incised lettering, and an ornate border. Above the text is a gold cross. The memorial commemorates the men of St Mary's Upton Overchurch who were killed during the First World War.
    Inscription
    ST MARY'S/UPTON OVERCHURCH/1920/GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN/HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/S.JOHN XV 13/TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN SACRED AND GREATFUL MEMORY/OF ALL THOSEWHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/FOR THE CAUSE OF JUSTICE AND/FREEDOM IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1919/ESPECIALLY THESE MEN FROM OUR PARISH/(NAMES)/O VALIANT HEARTS WHO TO YOUR GLORY CAME/THROUGH DUST OF CONFLICT AND THROUGH BATTLE-FLAMETRANQUIL YOU LIE YOUR KNIGHTLY VIRTUE PROVED/YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVE
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    24
    Died
    24
    Information shown
    Surname, Forename
    Order of names
    Surname, Forename
    Maker(s)
    • UNKNOWN (don't use), Unknown

    Components

    Tablet

    Made from: Marble


    Condition: Good