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Title
War Memorial
Date
1921
Medium
Portland & York stone
Accession number
WA8_AJ_S021
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Halton Borough Council
Custodian
Halton Borough Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
28th September 1921
Listing date
21/08/07
Access
at all times
Inscription description
plaque: 'IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF WIDNES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / 1939 - 1945 / UNVEILED BY ALDERMAN T SWALE MAYOR 12TH APRIL 1950'; wide inset panel to centre of WWI names bears inscription 'ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF THE BOROUGH OF WIDNES / IN COMMEMORATION OF THE / MEN OF THIS PLACE WHO MADE / THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN / THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1919 / THIS FOUNDATION STONE WAS / LAID 28TH AUGUST 1920 BY ALDERMAN EDWIN WOOD - MAYOR'; remaining faces of plinth bear inscription '1914 - 1919'; above lower plaques and '1939 - 1945'; above upper plaques, on column: carved bas-relief depicting borough coat of arms and motto 'INDUSTRIA DITAT'; Inscription beneath relief reads 'THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED / SEPTEMBER 28TH 1921 BY THE / RIGHT HON THE EARL OF DERBY KG'; west face: 'TO OUR / GLORIOUS / DEAD / 1914 - 1919 / 1939 - 1945'.; 'THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE'; 'THE BLOOD / OF HEROES / IS THE SEED / OF FREEDOM'