Men of New Brighton

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Reference WMO/121253

Address:

Magazines Promenade

New Brighton

CH45 1HT

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Serviceman/woman sculpture
Materials:
  • Stone Portland stone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The Memorial stands on Magazines Promenade in front of the former Liscard Battery's east wall of 1858, which was abandoned in 1912 after a long period of disuse. It overlooks the River Mersey with views up to the Crosby Channel. It has a large, carved square pedestal with a carved laurel leaf band and triglyph band to the bottom, and a carved egg and dart band to the top, which is set below a cornice. The pedestal is set upon a stepped, circular plinth and surmounted by carved figures of a standing British soldier holding a rifle, a kneeling British sailor holding an anti-aircraft round and a seated Colonial soldier with a pistol. The curved east face of the pedestal depicts a carving of the Wallasey coat of arms above an inscription, which reads '1914/1919/TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN HONOUR OF THE BRAVE MEN OF THIS BOROUGH/WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT/WAR AND TO THE LOVING/MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE'. Inscriptions to the south and north faces read '1939-1945/IN HONOUR OF/THE MEN AND/WOMEN WHO/SERVED IN THE/ARMED FORCES/IN THE SECOND/WORLD WAR' and 'AND OF/THE MEN AND/WOMEN WHO/SERVED IN CIVIL/DEFENCE AND/THE AUXILIARY/FORCES/1939-1945' respectively. The memorial contains a casket inside which holds a Book of Remembrance recording the names of 848 men lost during WWI; an identical copy is held within Wallasey Central Library. The entire memorial is enclosed by eight low, circular Portland stone pillars connected by chains, which are in turn enclosed by a later set of black and gilded railings set in a square arrangement.
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[East Face]: 1914-1918/TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN HONOUR OF THE / BRAVE MEN OF THIS BOROUGH / WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT / WAR AND TO THE LOVING / MEMORY OF THOSE WHO / MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE (NB: THE ORIGINAL WORDING ENDED WITHE WORD 'SACRED', LATER AMENDED TO SACRIFICE) [South Face]: 1939-1945 / IN HONOUR OF / THE MEN AND / WOMEN WHO / SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES / IN THE SECOND / WORLD WAR [North Face]: AND OF / THE MEN AND / WOMEN WHO / SERVED IN CIVIL / DEFENCE AND / THE AUXILIARY / FORCES / 1939-1945

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