Sefton remembers those who died
During the immediate years that followed 1918, eleven civic war memorials commemorating the fallen and honouring the sacrifice made by those brave men and women, were built throughout the area we now know as Sefton.
The planning, funding, and construction of most of these striking edifices, including a school in Maghull, was overseen and co-ordinated by individual memorial committees. Funds were raised via grants and private/public subscription.
Each memorial is unique, its surrounding community’s way of commemorating the local war dead. Indeed today, the descendants of those named may still reside in the area.
The civic memorials are also a link with a community’s past, and provide the current generations with places to remember and pay respect to their forbears. They are silent sentinels, honouring a lost and heroic generation. Sefton’s civic memorials are also important sources of information. They are the gateway to learning about the people behind the names; gaining an understanding of the sacrifice that each individual made.
This website is designed to take us through this gateway and is dedicated to commemorating the Sefton fallen, as well as providing information about the memorials themselves.
Ainsdale War Memorial
Ainsdale’s War Memorial is located on the village green, Liverpool Road. Listed upon the memorial are the names of 49 Service men and one military nurse, who gave their lives in The Great War.
To find out more about this memorial, click here.
Bootle War Memorial
Bootle’s War Memorial is located in Stanley (or King’s) Gardens, on Stanley Road. Listed upon the memorial are the names of 1311 Service men and three women, who gave their lives in The Great War.
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Formby War Memorial
Formby’s War Memorial is located by the roundabout at the corner of Three Tuns lane. Listed upon the memorial are the names of 113 heroic Service men, who gave their lives in The Great War.
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Great Crosby & Blundellsands War Memorial
Great Crosby & Blundellsands’ War Memorial is located in Alexandra Park, on Coronation Road. Listed upon the memorial are the names of 261 heroic Service men, who gave their lives in The Great War.
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Hightown War Memorial
Hightown’s War Memorial is located on The Green, Highway Roundabout. Listed upon the memorial are the names of 10 heroic Service men, who gave their lives in The Great War.
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Ince Blundell War Memorial
Ince Blundell’s War Memorial is located on Back O’ the Town Lane. Listed upon the memorial are the names of the 10 Service men who gave their lives in The Great War.
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Litherland War Memorial
Litherland’s War Memorial is situated in front of Litherland Town Hall, on Field Lane. Listed upon the memorial are the names of 273 heroic Service men, who gave their lives in The Great War.
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Maghull War Memorial
Maghull’s War Memorial is situated in the grounds of St Andrew’s Primary school on Deyes Lane. The school was built as a memorial to the fallen. Listed upon the memorial are the names of 26 heroic Service men, who gave their lives in The Great War.
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Sefton Village War Memorial
Sefton Village’s War Memorial is located on a junction with Bridges Lane/Brick Wall Lane and Lunt Road. Listed upon the memorial are the names of 26 heroic Service men, who gave their lives in The Great War.
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Southport War Memorial
Southport’s War Memorial is located in the London Square Memorial Garden, on Lord Street. Listed upon the memorial are the names of 1247 Service men and three women, who gave their lives in The Great War.
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Waterloo & Seaforth War Memorial
Waterloo & Seaforth’s War Memorial is situated on the corner of Crosby Road North and Great George’s Road. The memorial is known as the ‘Five Lamps’. Listed upon the memorial are the names of 431 Service men and three women, who gave their lives in The Great War.
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