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    Memorial

    Little Crosby

    Memorial from the left

    Source: Copyright Paul Radford

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    Current Location

    Overlooking Moss Lane (B5193), St Mary's Churchyard, Back Lane, Little Crosby, Sefton, Merseyside, L23 4UA, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SD 31961 01715

    Denomination

    Roman Catholic

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    2325
    Description
    Portland stone Latin Calvary cross on three steps surmounting a battered, corniced sandstone block base built into the boundary wall of the church. The dedication and names are blacked and incised upon grey granite tablets in sandstone frames on three faces of the base. The WW1 names were originally inscribed on both the East and the West facing tablets, but the West facing tablet was replaced in about 1996 with one carrying the WW2 dedication and names. The WW1 dedication is on the North face.
    Inscription
    North face: For the sake of my brethren/ and of my neighbours Ps CXXI/ In Glorious Memory/ of the Men of Little/ Crosby who Fell/ in the Great War/ 1914 - 1918. East face: Pray for the souls of/ (Names)/ Requiescant in pace. West face: Pray for the souls of/ (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ Requiescant in pace
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    5
    Died
    5
    Information shown
    Forename, surname, unit
    Order of names
    Alphabetically by surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    3
    Died
    3
    Information shown
    Forename, surname, rank or unit
    Order of names
    Alphabetically by surname
    Maintenance History
    C 1996: Memorial cleaned and identical plaque on the 3 o'clock face has been replaced by one for Second World War.
    Custodian
    Church Authorities

    Components

    Cross

    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    Base

    Made from: Stone - Sandstone


    Condition: Good

    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • Joseph Bristow

    • John Orme

    • James Rainford

    • Joseph Rainford

    • William Rimmer

    • Francis Jackson

    • Joseph Lupton

    • Peter Gaffney


    Tablets

    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good


    • Liverpool Daily Post 14 August 2003, 'In the name of peace!', Deborah James.
    • Liverpool Daily Post 22 August 2003, 'Plea to war memorial vandal'.
    • Minute Book of Memorial Committee- at Lancashire Record Office within collection DDBL/ACC9602/Box1