Location
On Bidston Village Road, facing St Oswald's Church, Bidston, Cheshire.
(In Merseyside since the 1974
Description
A stone cross.
Cast metal panels on the base name those of the area who lost their lives in the first world war.
Inscription
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ALLENDER, Frederick
Eng Sub Lt RN, HMS "Vanguard"
killed on active service,
9 July 1917
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BAZETT, Arthur Hugh
Capt 4th Bn Cheshire Regt
killed in action, Gallipoli,
9 Aug 1915
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BIBBY, Joseph Morten
2nd Lieut 8th Bn E Yorks Regt
missing after attack on Monchi,
3 May 1917
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BIBBY, Charles Leslie
Pte 17th Bn King's Liverpool Regt
wounded at Guillemont, buried in
communal cem Abbeville, 30 July 1916
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BULLEN, Wm Francis
2nd Lieut 10th Bn the King's
Liverpool Regt, missing Hooge,
16 Jun 1915
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COLE, Leslie Stewart
2nd Lieut 2nd Bn Cheshire Regt
killed in action, LOOS,
3 Oct 1915
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CHRISTIE, Andrew
Cpl 1st Bn Liverpool Scottish
died on active service
Rouen, 30 June 1916
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EVANS, Edward H S
Capt 18th Bn Lancs Fusiliers
killed in action in France
22 July 1916
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GARDNER, William G
Pte 8th Bn The King's
Liverpool Regt killed in
action, Cambrai, 13 Sept 1918
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HARVIE, Stuart McL
2nd Lieut 2nd Bn KRRC died of
wounds, Vermelles, La Bassée
Canal, 1 June 1918
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HARVIE, Eric F, MC
Capt 1st Bn The Gordon Hdrs
killed in action, Hinges
La Bassée Canal, 15 June 1918
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HOUGH, Eric B, MC
Capt 19th Bn The King's
Liverpool Regt, killed in action,
Voormezeele, 28 April 1918
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NEWHOUSE, Fred'k
Cpl 1st Bn Cheshire Regt
killed in action,
Ypres 1914
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PATON, Morton B
Capt 10th Bn S Lancs Regt
Attd 5th Lancs Fuslrs, killed
in action, Galipoli, 7 Aug 1915
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PEMBERTON, Wm M
Pte 15th Bn Cheshire Regt
killed in action, France
21 June 1918
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RANDLES, John
Sgt 1/4th Bn Cheshire Reft
killed in action, Egypt,
6th Nov 1917
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SPALDING, Robert G
2nd Lieut 3rd Bn S Lancs Regt
died of wounds, Etaples,
28 Sept 1915
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WALL, Angus
Gnr 168th Bde Royal Field Arty
killed in action, Ypres
23 Oct 1917
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WILLIAMS, Harry B, MC
2nd Lieut 5th Bn Attd 13th Bn The
King's Liverpool Regt, killed
in action Nr Arras, 3 May 1917
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PARKINSON, Geo, Pte RWF
died in France, 12 Nov 1916
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WILSON, Maude Millicent
Infiere Major CRF
VAD Medaille d'Honneur, died
nursing in France, 27 March 1917
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O valiant Hearts who to your Glory came, Through dust of conflict and thought battle flame, Tranquil you lie your knightly virtue proved, Your memory hallowed in the land you loved. |