Port Sunlight and Lever Brothers Ltd Employees War Memorial
| Name | Location | Comments | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Sunlight and Lever Brothers Ltd Employees War Memorial | Port Sunlight Merseyside | This elaborate memorial bears various inscriptions. The main inscription reads
"THEIR NAMES SHALL LIVE / FOR EVER AND / THEIR GLORY / SHALL NOT BE/ BLOTTED OUT" Then on a south facing panel the inscription reads"THESE ARE NOT DEAD / SUCH SPIRITS NEVER DIE / ON THE ADJOINING PANELS ARE INSCRIBED / THE NAMES OF THOSE / FROM THE OFFICES AND WORKS OF / LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED / AND THEIR ASSOCIATED COMPANIES OVERSEAS / AND ALSO FROM PORT SUNLIGHT / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 1919 / (NAMES)"inscription The north facing panel has the following inscription"THIS MEMORIAL / ERECTED BY LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED / AND THE COMPANY'S EMPLOYEES IN ALL / PARTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND IN / ALLIED COUNTRIES 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 / (NAMES)"inscription At the base of the plinth and on the south side is written"THE NAMES OF ALL WHO SERVED NUMBERING OVER FOUR THOUSAND AND RECORDED IS A BOOK DEPOSITED BENEATH THIS STONE AND ALSO IN SIMILAR BOOKS IN CHRIST CHURCH AND IN THE LADY LEVER ART GALLERY" inscription Finally on the wall surrounding the central platform are the words"DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI / THEIR NAME SHALL REMAIN FOR EVER AND/THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" inscription and on the reverse of the wall"TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD" inscription The memorial itself comprises a Celtic Cross with chamfered shaft placed on an octagonal podium with eleven surrounding sculptured figures and twelve relief panels. There are steps on the north, south, east and west sides. The free standing figures depicts soldiers, women and children in various poses and the reliefs depicts ambulance men with wounded soldiers, gunners, sailors and anti-aircraft guns. The memorial honours 511 men who gave their lives in the First World War and 117 men lost in the Second World War. The unveiling took place on 3 December 1921. Photograph on the right shown courtesy Man vyi. There are some other photographs in the gallery below. |
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