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The Port Sunlight Museum
Wirral
Title
The Defence of the Realm
Date
1921
Medium
bronze & granite
Measurements
H 900 x W 2400 x D 2400 cm (E);
Plinth: H 228.6 x W 2438.4 x D (?) cm
Accession number
A2020_1
Acquisition method
commissioned for the site by Lever Brothers Ltd
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Port Sunlight Village Trust
Custodian
Port Sunlight Village Trust
Unveiling date
03/12/1921
Listing date
25/03/20
Signature/marks description
lower right front of all relief panels: W.G.J.; plinth: THIS MEMORIAL WAS / DESIGNED AND EXECUTED / BY SIR W. GOSCOMBE JOHN R.A. / MCMXXI
Inscription description
central plinth panels: THESE ARE NOT DEAD / SUCH SPIRIT WILL NEVER DIE / ON THE ADJOINING PANELS ARE INSCRIBED / THE NAMES OF THOSE / FROM THE OFFICE AND WORKS OF / LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED / AND THE ASSOCIATED COMPANIES OVERSEAS / AND ALSO FROM PORT SUNLIGHT / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919; 1939 - 1945; THIS MEMORIAL / ERECTED BY THE LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED / AND THE COMPANY EMPLOYEES IN ALL / PARTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND IN / ALLIED COUNTIES / WAS UNVEILED ON / DECEMBER 3RD 1921 BY / SERGEANT E. G. EAMES OF PORT SUNLIGHT / WHO LOST HIS SIGHT AT THE FIRST BATTLE / OF THE SOMME IN FRANCE 1916 AND BY / PRIVATE R. E. CRUICKSHANK OF THE LONDON / BRANCH OFFICE WHO WAS AWARDED THE / VICTORIA CROSS IN 1918 FOR CONSPICUOUS / BRAVERY AND DEVOTION TO DUTY IN PALESTINE.