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War Memorial |
WAR MEMORIAL.
"They
shall not grow old as we that are left grow old,
age shall not weary them nor the
years condemn.
At the going down of the
sun and in the morning we will remember them."
Two War Memorial's at Prescot
Church, one in the church to those who had fallen during the First World
War.
The Rood Screen, has
eight oak Panels, and are set into the back of the return stalls listing those
commemorated.
Prescot Civic Memorial,
The second is outside the church on the south side.
Baroque in style, square inner column, rusticated blocks (Aberdeen granite)
with attached marble half columns. Plain decoration, top base shield at
foot (southside) below statues plinth - Prescot of coat of arms. Statue on
top is of a Private soldier on guard, representing South Lancashire Regiment,
holding a rifle across his body in both hands made of Aberdeen granite.
The bayonet is missing from the the rifle.
Curiously the memorial was commissioned while the war continued. This was
the first public statue in Prescot - a town when Liverpool was a village,
and the absence was one Councillor Lhought should be remedied if he became
chairman. The war and the deaths of Prescot men, with his own involvement
in recruiting and fund raising, made it a fitting memorial. A huge crowd
attended the unveiling ceremony, a company of King's Liverpool Regiment,
detachment of South Lancashire Regiment and its band and that of the Parish
church played. The gift and unveiling was recorded on one marble panel,
the other three reserved for the names of the fallen. The War Memorial was
made by T. Moody, Mossley Hill and Widnes.
In 1959 Mr & Mrs Case Presented
the Organ Console Screen in memorial to their son Leslie who died on Active
Service.
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Names on the eight
oak Panels of the Rood Screen in Prescot Church.
Inscriptions
on LEFT Side panels of War Memorial on the Rood Screen. |
J. ACKER.
J. F. AIREY.
H. ALLEN.
F. ASHCROFT.
A. D. AVISON.
H. BAINES.
J. BEADLE.
N. BEARDMORE.
W. BEESLEY.
J. BEESLEY.
C. BERRY.
J. BIRCHALL.
T. H. BISHOP.
H. L. BOYER.
J. BRAY.
J. BRIDGE.
T. BRISCOE.
F. BROOKES.
J. BRIDGE.
H.
BURROWS.
H. BYRON. (S.
Lancs.).
H. BYRON. (K.O.R.L). |
HARRY BYRON
R. CARNEY.
C. CAFFREY.
J. CARROLL.
W. CASE.
W. F. CASE.
T. CASLIN.
T. CHADWICK.
F. CHESWORTH.
H. CHESWORTH.
Jas. CHORLEY.
J. CHORLEY.
J. M. CLEMENTS.
J. E COFIELD.
J. CONLIN.
J. CORNS.
W. COULSON.
J. COWELL.
C. CRITCHLEY.
M. CRITCHLEY.
W. CRITCHLEY.
H. CROPPER.
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D.CULLEN.
T. R. CUNDILL.
A. CUNNINGHAM.
A. H. DAVIES.
F. DONNELLY.
W. DONOHUE.
J. DOWARD.
W. ECCLESTON.
W. EDWARDS.
W. EDWARDS.
R. H. ELLISON.
A. F. EVANS.
E. EVANS.
J. FERRISEY.
G. FILLINGHAM.
A. H. FINNEY.
E. FINNEY.
F. FINNEY.
T. E. FINNEY.
P. FISHER.
J. E. FORSHAW.
H. FOSTER.
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W. FOSTER.
E. V. FOWLER.
J. FOWLER.
T. FOWLER.
R. A. FRANCE.
J. T. GILGANNON.
T. R. GLEAVE.
J. GORDON.
B. C. GREEN.
H. GEEEN.
R. GREEN.
R. GREENALL.
J. GROGAN.
H. GREGORY.
W. HALL.
J. HARDING.
F. HAYES.
I. E. HAYES.
S. T. HAYES.
H. H. HIND.
F. H. HICHCOCK.
F. H. HOLLIHEAD.
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Inscriptions
on RIGHT Side panels of War Memorial on the Rood Screen. |
T. H. HOPWOOD.
W. H. HORNBY.
W. HORNBY.
W. HULME.
W. HYDE.
H. G. INMAN.
W. JAUNDRILL.
A. W. JOHNSON.
J. JONES.
F. JOLSON.
J. KING.
A. J. KIRBY.
H. LEA.
W. LEATHER.
T. LARKIN.
H. LEYLAND.
T. LLOYD.
J. LYON.
W. LYON.
J. MALONEY.
Jos. MALONEY.
J.MACDONALD.
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E. J. MELIA.
W. MOORE.
J. MORRIS.
J. MOSS.
R. MUTCH.
E. NEVE.
J. NULTY.
J. ORTON.
J. S. ORRETT.
F. PARKIN.
G. PARKIN.
J. PARKIN.
R. S. PEMBERTON.
T.W. PEMBERTON.
J. PICKAVANCE.
F. PLATT.
J. PLATT.
J. R. PRESCOTT.
T. PRESCOTT.
T. P. PRESCOTT
A. J. PRESTON |
T. S. PRESTON.
M. QUALTERS.
J. C. RICHMAN.
W. H. RANGE.
W. H. ROBINSON.
W. ROONEY.
C. H. ROWED.
T. ROUGHLEY.
D. F. ROBERTS.
J. SKARKEY.
A. J. SHERWOOD.
T. SMITH.
R. B. STANLEY.
J. STEAD.
I. STOTT.
J. W. STOTT.
A. TAYLOR.
B. TAYLOR.
J. W.
TAYLOR.
G. TRAVIS
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J.
TRAVIS.
J. R. VALENTINE.
W. VIDLER.
E. WAINE.
J. WAINE.
W. F. WAINE.
J. WALTON.
A. WATKINSON.
R. WEBB.
H. C. WHITAKER.
W. WHITE
B. WILLIAMS.
I. WILLIAMS.
H. E. WOOD.
E. WORTH.
W. W. WYCHERLEY.
G. YATES.
J. YATES.
T. YATES.
C. E. MIDDLETON.
J. WARBICK.
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The Inscription and Names on the Civic
War Memorial,
Inscriptions
on West side panel of War Memorial. |
(WWW1,
on marble panels in gold letters;)
THIS MONUMENT
WAS PRESENT TO THE TOWN BY
COUNCILLOR WILLIAM JOHN LUCAS
J.P.
DURING HIS TERM OF OFFICE AS CHAIRMAN
OF THE COUNCIL 1915-17
IN
MEMORY OF PRESCOT MENWHO HAVE SACRIFICED THEIR
FIGHTING FOR THEIR COUNTRY
DURING
THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAS OF 1914-19.
UNVEILED BY LT. COL. SIR
HENRY WEBB BART M.P.
FOR THE EARL OF DERBY 9th SEPT. 1916.
(WWII in black metallic letters;) ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945
DEDICATED 10th NOV. 1946
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Inscriptions
on South side panel of War Memorial. |
ACKER,
J
AIREY, J. F
ALLEN, H.
AVISON, A. D.
BAINES, H.
BEARDMORE, N.
BEESLEY, W.
BEESLEY, J.
BIRCHALL, J.
BISHOP, T. H.
BOYER, H. L. |
BRAY,
J.
BRIDGE, J.
BROOKES, F.
BURROWS, T. (S. LANCS)
BYRON, H. (K.O.R.L)
BYRON, HARRY.
CARNEY, R.
CAFFREY, C.
BARROLL, J.
CASE, Wm. |
CACLIN, T.
CHESWORTH, H.
CHESORTH, I.
CLEMENTS, J. E.
CONLIN, J.
COWELL, J.
CRITCHLEY, M.
CRITCHLEY, C.
CRITCHLEY, Wm.
CUNDILL, T. R.
CUNNINGHAM, A. |
DONNELLY, E.
DONOHUE, W.
ECCLESTON, Wm.
EDWARDS, Wm.
ELLISON, R. H.
EVANS, A. F.
FERRISEY, J.
FINNEY, F.
FORSHAW, J. E.
FOSTER, Wm.
FOSTER, H. |
Inscriptions
on East side panel of War Memorial. |
FOWLER. E. V.
FOWLER. T.
FOWLER. J.
FRANCE. R. A.
GILGANNON. J. T.
GORDON. J.
GREEN. R.
GREENALL. R
GRDGAN. J.
GREGORY. H.
HALL. Wm.
HARDING. J. |
HAYES. F.
HAYES. S. T.
HAYES. I. E.
HITCHCOCK. F. H.
HOLLIHEAD. F.
HOPWOOD. T. H.
HORNBY. Wm. H.
HORNBY. Wm.
HULME. Wm.
HYDE. W.
INMAN. H. C.
JAUNDRILL. W. |
JUNSON. A. W.
JONES. J.
JOLSON. F.
KINE. J.
KIRBY. A. J.
LEA. H.
LEATHER. W.
LARKIN. T.
LEYLAND. H.
LLOYD. T.
LYON. J.
LYON. Wm. |
MALONEY. J.
MALONEY. Jos.
MACDONFID. J.
MELIA. E. J.
MOORE. Wm.
MUTCH. R.
NUTCH. R.
NULTY. J.
ORRETT. J. S.
PARKIN. Jos.
PARKIN. G.
PARKIN. F.
PEMBERTON. R. S. |
Inscriptions
on North side panel of War Memorial. |
PEMBERTON.
T. F. W.
PICKAVANCE. J.
PLATT F.
PLATT. J.
PRESCOTT. J. R.
PRESCOTT. Wm. H.
PRESCOTT. T. P.
PRESTON. A. J.
PRESTON, T. S.
QUALTER, M.
RICHMAN, J. C.
RANGE, W. H. |
ROBINSON, WM. H.
RCONEY, Wm.
ROWED, H.
ROUGHLEY, T.
ROBERTS, D. F.
SHARKEY, J.
SHERWOOD, A. J.
SMITH, T.
STANLEY, R. B.
STOTT, J. W.
STOTT, I.
TAYLOR, B. |
TAYLOR, A.
THOMAS, J.
TRAVIS, J.
TRAVIS, C.
VALENTINE, J. R.
VIOLER, Wm.
WAINE, J.
WAINE, Ed.
WAINE, Wm. F.
WATKINSON, A.
WHITAKER, H. C.
WEBB, R. |
WILLIAMS, I.
WILLIAMS, B.
WYCHERLEY, Wm. W.
WALTON, J.
WHITE, Wm.
WOOD, H. E.
WORTH, E.
YATES, J.
CHORLEY, J.
CASE, W. F.
COULSON, W.
FINNEY, T. E. |
Inscriptions
on North side panel of War Memorial.
WW1. |
BYRON,
J
DAVIES, T.
CALLOWAY, T.
MADDEN, M.
DRTON, J
HIND, H. H. |
CANAVAN, S.
SCT. A. A. RUSH. |
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Inscriptions
on West side of War Memorial below WWII panel. |
ATHERTON, E.
ATTWOOD, F.
BACHE, H, H.
BARTON, M, N.
BATES, C.
BATES, K, D.
BEESLEY,
BOOTS, W, J, H. |
BOX, F, W.
BURKE, D, R.
BURNS, J, J.
BYRON, E.
CAIN, V, L.
CASE, J, G.
CASE, T, L.
CORNS, T, W. |
CROMTON, C,
A.
DEVER, W, K.
FINNEY, B, R.
FINNEY, L, T.
CALLOWAY, J.
CORE, H.
GREEN, S, M.
CROGAN, T, V. |
HARMON. T
HEAP. W. D.
HIND. W. H.
HUGHES. R.
INNS. G.
JARVIS Geo.
LAWSON. H.
LEA. J. F. |
Inscriptions
on West side of War Memorial below WWII panel. |
LONGWORTH. J.
LYON. C. J.
Mc LUCKIE. T
MELIA. J.
MERCER. S.
O'GRADY. J. P.
RALPHS. Wm.
SHEPHERD. F. |
STOTT. H. Y.
TAYLOR. R.
TAYLOR. J. A.
THOMAS. H. Y.
THOMAS. I. H.
THOMPSON. Wm.
THOMPSON. Ed.
TRAVIS. Wm.
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WASHINTON. J.
C.
WILLIAMS. E. W.
WILLIAMS. J.
WOODS. W.
WOODWARD. F. W.
YATES. J.
TWELL. Ed.
TWELL. E. |
At base of War
Memorial WWII West Side |
LITCHFIELD. E.
RHODES. W. N. |
?ARRELL. E. R. N
ALMOND. F. |
EVANS. T. H. |
GILGANNCN. M. V.
FAIRHURST. J. A. |
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KERR.J
HESKETH. W |
MULLANEY. E.
JOHNSON. J. |
TAYLOR. W.
MATHER. T. |
FOWLER. J.
WARREN. A. |
WILLIS. T. C.
WATSON. J. I. |
War Graves At
Prescot
Churchyard And Prescot Cemetery.
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War Graves at Prescot.
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War Graves at Prescot (Headstones) |
Name |
Rank |
Service |
Regiment |
Date of Death |
Age |
Grave/ Memorial Ref. |
Churchyard |
Prescot Cemetery |
| Ashcroft, Fred. |
Gunner |
160808 |
Royal Garrison Artillery |
10/01/1921 |
Unknown |
NP. 214 |
Yes |
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| Briscoe, Thomas. |
Lance Sergeant |
484 |
South Lancashire Regiment |
24/03/1919 |
28 |
Middle West part. |
Yes |
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| Burrows, Henry. |
Private |
101391 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
27/04/1920 |
Unknown |
NP.301 |
Yes |
|
| Case,James Godfrey. |
Sergeant (Nav.) |
1541433 |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
22/04/1944 |
unknown |
Sec.6
Grave 77. |
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Yes |
| Cropper, H. |
Sapper |
426688 |
Royal Engineers |
17/10/1920 |
Unknown |
Middle West part |
Yes |
|
| Dever, William Kenneth. |
Filght Sergeant (Air Gnr.) |
2210113 |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
02/04/1945 |
29 |
Spec. Memorial. |
Yes |
|
| Disley, R. |
Private |
10873 |
The King's (Liverpool Regiment) |
14/09/1920 |
unknown |
NP.323 |
Yes |
|
| Fairhurst, James Albert. |
Sergeant (Air Gnr.) |
1493165 |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
29/08/1943 |
26 |
Sec. 9
Grave 11. |
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Yes |
| Fillingham, G. |
Private |
46540 |
The King's (Liverpool Regiment) |
18/04/1920 |
41 |
Middle West part. |
Yes |
|
| Forshaw, J. E. |
Gunner |
278642 |
Royal Field Artillery |
12/10/1918 |
Unknown |
NP.183 |
Yes |
|
| Fowell, Leslie |
Driver |
T/14512772 |
Royal Army Service Corps |
27/10/1946 |
38 |
Sec. 6
Grave 145 |
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Yes |
| Gibb, Albert Gordon. |
Warrant Officer (Pilot) |
1118383 |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
15/07/1944 |
28 |
Sec.6
Grave 67. |
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Yes |
| Grogan, John. |
Private |
16049 |
South Lancashire Regiment |
01/04/1917 |
36 |
Middle East part |
Yes |
|
| Hale, J. V. |
Private |
39234 |
South Lancashire Regiment |
23/05/1921 |
39 |
NP.147 |
Yes |
|
| Hall, William. |
Private |
M/397418 |
Army Service Corps |
21/11/1918 |
26 |
NP.199 |
Yes |
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| Hefferon, T. |
Private |
148137 |
Machine Gun Corps (Inf) |
08/07/1921 |
Unknown |
South-West part |
Yes |
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| Henry, Michael. |
Private |
22292 |
South Lancashire Regiment |
08/02/1916 |
39 |
South- East part |
Yes |
|
| Hesheth, James William. |
Driver |
T/10693946 |
Royal Army Service Corps |
23/03/1946 |
35 |
Sec.5
C.of E.
Grave 227. |
|
Yes |
Jones, Thomas. |
Aircraftman 1st Class |
1480871 |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
05/09/1943 |
21 |
S.W. of Church |
Yes |
|
Lea, James Frank. |
Sergeant (Air Gnr.) |
1624263 |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
28/10/1943 |
18 |
Sec.2
Grave 73. |
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Yes |
| Leather, Harold. |
Sergeant (Nav.) |
1456975 |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
03/05/1943 |
22 |
Sec. 6
Grave 35. |
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Yes |
| Lyle, Leslie Holden. |
Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) |
1231203 |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
08/06/1943 |
21 |
Sec.6.
Grave 28. |
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Yes |
| Lyon, Charles John. |
Sergeant (W.OP./Air Gnr.) |
974218 |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
21/03/1941 |
23 |
Sec. 1.
Grave 87. |
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Yes |
| McCracken, J. |
Private |
76044 |
The King's (Liverpool Regiment) |
13/03/1917 |
34 |
South-East part |
Yes |
|
| Moorhouse, Sydney Malcolm Christopher. |
Captain |
99304 |
Royal Artillery |
30/09/1944 |
Unknown |
Sec. 12.
Grave 1. |
|
Yes |
| Morris, J. |
Private |
S/385642 |
Royal Army Service Corps |
12/06/1920 |
Unknown |
NP.212. |
Yes |
|
| Owen, John. |
Rifleman |
6844114 |
King's Royal Rifle Corps |
18/11/1947 |
37 |
Sec. 9
R.C.
Grave 71. |
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Yes |
| Pemberton, R. S. |
Private |
TR3/83866 |
The King's (Liverpool Regiment) |
07/07/1918 |
Unknown |
NP.174. |
Yes |
|
| Platt, John. |
Sergeant |
626 |
South Lancashire Regiment |
26/05/1915 |
24 |
NP. 162. |
Yes |
|
| Rhodes, William Norman. |
Corporal |
14896898 |
Royal Pioneer Corps |
01/08/1947 |
Unknown |
Sec. 6
Grave 203. |
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Yes |
| Riley, Thomas Edwin. |
Gunner |
11257416 |
Royal Artillery |
20/12/1943 |
42 |
Sec. 2.
Grave 155.
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|
Yes |
| Stanley, F. |
Private |
35664 |
Lancashire Fusiliers |
26/06/1918 |
35 |
NP. 130. |
Yes |
|
| Taylor, Ernest. |
Private |
26151 |
The King's (Liverpool Regiment) |
07/03/1916 |
30 |
South-East part. |
Yes |
|
| Wallis, P. F. |
Officer's Steward 1st Class |
361407 |
Royal Navy |
25/03/1919 |
Unknown |
Spec. Memorial. |
Yes |
|
| Whitaker, Harry Garratt. |
Captain |
|
South Lancashire Regiment |
15/01/1920 |
24 |
Middle West part |
Yes |
|
| Wildgoose, Harry |
Third Engineer Officer |
|
Merchant Navy |
18/06/1945 |
28 |
Sec. 6
Grave 109. |
|
Yes |
| Woodward, Frederick William |
Ordinary Seaman |
C/JX 243403 |
Royal Navy |
12/11/1941 |
26 |
Sec. 4.
Grave 165A. |
|
Yes |
| Woods, R |
Private |
43361 |
York and Lancaster Regiment |
31/01/1919 |
Unknown |
Middle East part |
Yes |
|
| Yates, T. |
Private |
67112 |
Royal Aymy Medical Corps |
01/07/1920 |
Unknown |
NP. 187. |
Yes |
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In Flanders
Fields
In Flanders fields the
poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short
days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with
the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields. |
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The
name of John McCrae (1872-1918) may seem out of place in the distinguished
company of World War I poets, but he is remembered for what is probably
the single best-known and popular poem from the war, "In Flanders
Fields." He was a Canadian physician and fought on the Western
Front in 1914, but was then transferred to the medical corps and assigned
to a hospital in France . He died of pneumonia while on active duty
in 1918. His volume of poetry, In Flanders Fields and Other Poems ,
was published in 1919. |
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