Widnes

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Reference WMO/105698

Address:

Victoria Park

Widnes

WA8 7SZ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Pillar/column
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Portland stone
Lettering: Other
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Other
About the memorial: A tall Portland stone pillar with a sculpture of a flame at the top. The pillar stands on a square plinth and a large square base with corner columns faced with cast iron laurel wreaths. At the top of the pillar a sword and a laurel wreath are carved in relief on each face, and at the bottom of each is a swag. There are dedications on three faces of the plinth, and bronze panels around the base record the names of the fallen. The memorial is flanked by two stand alone tablets, installed in 2015 with additional names. It is in the south east corner of the park. There are additional names plaques for WW2 on the south west and north east corners and for other conflicts on the South East corner
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12 o'clock: TO OUR/ GLORIOUS/ DEAD 1914 - 1919/ 1939 - 1945 3 o'clock: 6 o'clock face: THE BLOOD OF HEROES/ IS THE SEED/ OF FREEDOM 9 o'clock face: THEIR NAME/ LIVETH FOR/ EVERMORE/ ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS/ OF THE BOROUGH OF WIDNES/ IN COMMEMORATION OF THE/ MEN OF THIS PLACE WHO MADE/ THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN/ THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 1919/ THIS FOUNDATION STONE WAS/ LAID 28TH AUGUST 1920 BY/ ALDERMAN EDWIN WOOD MAYOR

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