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    Memorial

    St James' Cemetery Liverpool - Crimean War Privates

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    Current Location

    Outside Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, Opposite the West entrance, St James Mount, Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, L1 7BJ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SJ 35471 89353

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • John Hewston

    • Samuel Spinks

    • Lawrence Garney

    • Thomas Marsden

    • John Goodall

    • John Stuart

    • William Evans

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    Type of Memorial
    Obelisk
    WMR Reference Number
    2557
    Description
    Light grey granite obelisk on a square plinth, with incised inscription.
    Inscription
    6 o'clock face: ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/TO RECORD THE COURAGE, AND/ENDURANCE DISPLAYED BY THE/PRIVATES OF THE BRITISH ARMY,/WHO AT THE CALL OF DUTY, DEVOTED/THEIR LIVES TO MAINTAIN THE/HONOUR OF THEIR COUNTRY, AND THE/FIDELITY OF ENGLAND TO HER ALLIES./ A.D.1856. 3 o'clock face: SACRED TO THE MEMORY/OF/SEVEN BRITISH SOLDIERS/WHO LANDED IN LIVERPOOL FROM/THE CRIMEA/15TH JANUARY 1855 AND DYING HERE/WERE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY 9 o'clock face: (Names)
    War
    Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Number Commemorated
    7
    Died
    7
    Information shown
    Forename, surname, unit
    Order of names
    By unit
    Custodian
    The Cathedral Chapter

    Components

    Obelisk

    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good