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Latitude: 53.5628 / 53°33'46"N
Longitude: -2.8933 / 2°53'35"W
OS Eastings: 340930
OS Northings: 407726
OS Grid: SD409077
Mapcode National: GBR 8W77.DK
Mapcode Global: WH86H.JQG1
Plus Code: 9C5VH474+4M
Entry Name: War Memorial
Listing Date: 22 September 2006
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1391772
English Heritage Legacy ID: 495300
ID on this website: 101391772
Location: Ormskirk, West Lancashire, L39
County: Lancashire
District: West Lancashire
Electoral Ward/Division: Knowsley
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Ormskirk
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire
Church of England Parish: Aughton Christ Church
Church of England Diocese: Liverpool
Tagged with: War memorial
ORMSKIRK
663-1/0/10034 PRESCOT ROAD
22-SEP-06 WAR MEMORIAL
II
War memorial. White stone obelisk with recessed corners on two-stepped base with low flanking walls ending at dedication stones commemorating the names of the fallen.
Obelisk has the words, 'Be mindful o Lord of thy / servants. Our brethren / who have fallen in the Great Wars / 1914 - 1918, 1939 - 1945 / and gone before us / with the sign of faith / to these and to all that / sleep in Christ grant a / place of refreshment / light and peace Amen' inscribed on the front panel. Above the inscription is an incised wreath. The top of the obelisk is pitched above an aperture containing a red sandstone carving of Christ on the cross with a fallen soldier at its base. The left and right dedication stones contain front panels containing the names of the fallen in the First World War whilst facing side panels containing the names of the fallen in the Second World War.
The war memorial is situated at the edge of St Anne's Churchyard adjacent to Prescot Road, Ormskirk.
Sources: United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials. Ref: 3408.
Summary of Importance:
This simple First and Second World War memorial forms an attractive memorial to the dead of two world wars.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 2 February 2017.
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