War Memorial, Port Sunlight, Cheshire.

War Memorial, Port Sunlight, Cheshire.

Location
King George's Drive & The Causeway, Port Sunlight, Cheshire.
(In Merseyside since the 1974 county boundary change).

Description
A large monument in white stone, with bronze statues and reliefs. Engraved on the plinth are the names of Lever Brothers' employees who lost their lives in the two world wars.

Inscription

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

ACTON A C
ADAMS A M, MM & Bar
ALDERWOOD A
ALLMAN I
ALLWORK W J
ANSELL C E
ANSELL H
ANYON J
ASPINALL G
ATKINSON F J
ATKINSON W B
BAILEY S J
BAKER C A
BAKER F
BANNON D
BANNON M, MM
BARBER W
BARCLAY E
BARTLEY J
BARTLEY J
BARTLEY M
BATHER J R
BAXTER J
BECKINGHAM G
BEESON B
BELL W J
BENNETT J B
BENNETT J R
BENSON A
BENSON P
BENYON J
BERGOT
BIRCH F W
BLACOE H
BLAKEWAY J
BLAKEWAY J N
BLUNDELL W
BOLTON G W
BOTHAM T
BOTTCHER A
BOWEN W
BOWLER G
BOYLAN J J
BRADY J
BRANCH W A
BRAYNE W
BRESLIN F
BRIGGS E W
BRINDLEY G
BROCKBANK W
BROOKE F J
BROOMSGROVE A J
BROPHY N
BROWN F
BROWN W
BROWN W A
BROWNE H J
BROWNELL W C
BROXTON P
BROXTON T
BRUNSDEN G
BRUNSDEN G A
BURKILL P
BURROW R
BYRNE J
CALLAGHAN P
CALLAN J
CAMERON T S
CAPPER P
CAPPER W
CARLINE T
CARLSON S
CARTER E
CHAMBERS R
CHETWOOD A
CHURCHILL J F
CLARKE W
CLARKSON T A
CLYNCH J E
COATES J
COATHUP G R
COLLIER S T
COLLIS G
CONLON J
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CONNOR H
CONNOR M
COOPER G
COOPER W E
COPE H
COPE W
CORFIELD J E
CORLETT W R
CORRISS H D
COWLEY A E
CRAVINO T
CREWYS A
CROMPTON T P
CROSBY J
CURRAN W
DAVIES D
DAVIES H, MM
DAWBER J
DAWSON P H
DEAN L
DE COLE C
DELLOW F
DEVES E
DITCHFIELD E
DODD A
DODD W
DONNELLY J
DOOLEY E
DOWNHAM H
DUCKERS T W
DUCKETT W, MC
DUDDRIDGE S, MM
DUNBAR P
DUNCALF A
DUNN W J
DUTTON G H
DUTTON J W
EAGLES G
EASTERBROOK W R, MC
EATON A
EATON J
EDGE H
EDWARDS E
EDWARDS H
ELLIOTT R J
ELLIS G, MM
ELLIS W
EMSLIE R
ENNION R
FAIRCLOUGH T A
FARRELL P
FERRINGTON J
FITTON W M
FITZPATRICK J C
FLETCHER F
FLETT I R
FLYNN W
FORD W E
FORSEY W
FORSTER J
FRAMPTON R W
FRANCIS A
FRAY M
GAFF M
GEBBIE H
GEE A
GEE A E
GEE J
GEE J
GENT T W
GILL H
GILLAN C
GILLESPIE R
GOODALL A M
GOODALL G
GOODALL H A
GOODALL R
GOODGER F W
GORDON R
GRAHAM J
GRAY A F
GREEN H
GREEN W
GRIFFITHS E
War Memorial, Port Sunlight, Cheshire.
GRIFFITHS J
GROCOTT R
HALL G
HAMILTON S
HANCOCK F
HARGREAVES R
HARRISON D R
HART C
HARTHERN T
HARTLEY F R
HARTLEY J
HARVEY C E
HATCH E V
HATTON R E
HAWKINS J H
HAYCOCK W
HEATH A
HEDGECOCK F L
HENDERSON J T
HENDERSON S J
HENDRY R A
HINDLEY J
HIRD W H
HODGSON R
HODGSON R
HOLDEN H
HOLLAND E
HOLMES R G
HOOS R
HOSKINS A V
HUBBERT W
HUGHES H
HUGHES H D
HUGHES H V
HUGHES T R
HUGHES W E
HUGHES W G
HUMPHREYS M
HUMPHREYS R W
HUTCHINSON J
INGHAM A G
INSKIP G R
ISAAC J
IVESON E J
JACKSON G
JACKSON R F
JACKSON W
JACKSON W E
JANSSENS P
JENKINSON W R
JOHNSON C
JONES D
JONES E L
JONES F
JONES G E
JONES H
JONES J H
JONES J H
JONES M
JONES O R
JONES R
JONES R
JONES R A
JONES R T
JONES R W
JONES T H
JONES W
JONES W
JONES W
JONES W
JONES W H
JONES W H
KAVANAGH G
KAY R
KEARNS W
KEARSLEY F W
KELLY C
KEMP J
KENT A
KENT F
KERR H
KEWLEY R
KING W
KIRWAN P
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KITCHING E V, MM
LA BRUM J
LAID H
LALLY W R
LAW G F
LAW H
LAWLER W
LAWLESS J
LAWRENCE A R
LEATHER E G
LEDSOM W
LEE F
LEE J
LEE J D
LEGALL E
LEIGH G B
LEONARD
LEWIS A J
LEWIS H J
LLOYD E
LLOYD L
LOCKHART I B
LOUGHRAN W
LOVEGROVE H T
MACARA J
MADDOCKS E
MADDOCKS J E
MAGUIRE P
MARCHBANK F
MARGERIESON A
MARQUANT G
MARTIN J J
MAYES F J
McCABE A
McCARRY H
McCARTHY L
McCAVE C
McCLELLAN G, DCM
McCLUSKEY J
McCONNAN J
McDONALD H
McDONALD J
McDONALD R
McGOVERN H
McGRATH W H
McKEOWN J H
McLEAN R
McLOUGHLIN A
McLULLICH A
McNALLY J J
MEE F A
MELHUISH A V
MERCER H
MEREDITH J C
MILLER F E
MILLINGTON F
MILNER A B
MINNINS T
MIST H
MITCHELL B
MITCHELL E G
MOODY H
MOODY W J
MORCROFT G
MORRIS G H
MULLRAY J
MUNSTER T
MURRAY C
MURRAY P E
MUSTOE F J
NEVITT A
NEWALL F C
NICHOLSON L
NOBLE K
NOONAN J H
NORRIS R
OAKES S
O'DRISCOLL E
O'DRISCOLL L
OLLERENSHAW G W
OLLERHEAD R
O'NEILL T
OULTRAM W R
OWNES J
OWENS P
OXTON S
PALMER J A S
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PANTLIN E G
PARKER H
PARR G H
PARRY H P
PARRY J E
PARSONS G
PARTRIDGE B
PATES W
PATTEN J O
PAYNE G A Jackson
PEARSON J S
PEARSON M
PEARSON S
PEERS A
PENNINGTON A
PERKINS T
PETERS R
PHELAN J
PHILLIPS C
PHILLIPS I D
PICKARD L
PIERCE E W
PILLINGER H S
PITT J R
PLUCK G
POOLE E H
POOLE S R
POTTS A
PRATT H
PRATT W J
PRICE W
PRIESTLEY E
PUGH H J
PULESTON G E C
PURCELL J
QUALTROUGH E W
QUINN T J
RADCLIFFE S V
RAND A
RANKIN W
RATTE
RAWLINSON W
REDMOND J P
REYNOLDS M C
ROBERTS F
ROBERTS G
ROBERTSON J
ROBERTSON M
ROBINSON A S
ROBINSON H
ROBINSON T, MM
ROE H P
ROSCOE G
RUSSELL W H
RYAN R
SAGE A P
SALTMARSH J T
SANDBACH F W
SANDERSON G
SANFORD E
SCARFF G L
SCARRATT G A
SCHEERS G
SCHENKEL F J
SCOTT E A
SERGEANT C J H
SHARP A
SHARP H
SHAW R
SHEARD O
SHEARS H
SHEEHAN J
SHERRATT A B W
SHERRINGTON H S
SHIELDS J
SHORROCK H
SIDDORN A G
SILLITOE T
SILLS J
SILVER F T
SIMMONS E W
SIMONS E
SIMPSON A N
SIMMS J
SMITH A F
SMITH E
SMITH E W
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SMITH F J
SMITH G E
SMITH T
SMITH T
SPARROW H
SPILLETTS W
STACKHOUSE J
STALKER G
STALLARD H, MM
STANLEY E G
STATHAM J
STOCKBRIDGE H H
STOKER C J
STRUTT F F
SUCKLEY D J
SUCKLEY W H
SULLINS W P
SWAN A
SWEENEY C M
SWEENEY C W
TAYLOR G J
THEAKSTONE M
THOMAS L F
THOMPSON L N
THOMPSON R
THORBURN R
TICKLE G
TRUEMAN E B
TURMEAU H
URE L
VENABLES J
WADE H S
WALKER C F
WALKER H P W
WARD J N
WARING L
WARING W
WATERS C D
WATSON G H
WAUGH T H, MC
WEBBER H
WEBBER J
WEBSTER E
WEIR T
WESTON C G
WHITBY H
WHITE A, MM
WHITE S
WHITE T
WHITEHEAD G
WHITESIDE C A
WHITTAKER W R
WILCOCK C R
WILKIE H
WILKINS C
WILKINS P
WILKS J
WILLIAMS A
WILLIAMS E
WILLIAMS F
WILLIAMS F
WILLIAMS H
WILLIAMS P
WILLIAMS R
WILLIAMS R R
WILLIAMS W
WILLIS J
WILLIS T
WILSON A
WILSON G
WILSON G
WILSON H
WHINSTANLEY G
WOOD J A
WOOD T
WOOD T M
WOODLEY C B
WOODS B R
WOODS G
WOOLHOUSE V
WRAY A E
WRIGHT T
WRIGHT T
WRIGHT T A
WRIGHT V
WOODS H


War Memorial, Port Sunlight, Cheshire.


1939 - 1945

ANSELL G
ASPINALL A
BARTLEY J O
BEARD O
BIGGS W, DFM
BIRCH R R
ANDERSON R A
BLOOMFIELD L S
BRIGGS S
BROWN J A
BRYANT R G
CASSON R E
CHALTON H
CLEGG D W
CLOUGH F
COOKE A
COOPER J S
CORFE J
COWAN E R, DFC AM(USA)
CREGEEN W
BROCK H
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CROSS H E
DALEY F R
DAVIES A G
DAVIES E
DAVIES G
DAVIES W O
EDWARDS W
ELLIOTT R
ELLIS Olive M
ELLISON C H
EVENS R
FAREY H B
FARR R
FEARNETT A C
FERNANDEZ W
GANNON C W
GARNER W H
GEDLING R
GOUGH H
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GRAY H
GRIFFITHS W D M
GROGAN F J
GUNNING J
GUTH E J
HALL G R
HAMILTON P J
HARRISON Mary C
HELM W O
HUGHES H
HUGHES W
IVESON E M
JACKSON J E
JENNINGS H
JENNINGS Muriel
JOINSON S
JOLLY K F
JONES J E
JONES K S
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JONES Mary A
JONES T E
KING G K
KIRBY A L
LAMB J
LANE D W
LEDSOM E
LONG W
MATTHEWS J H
McDONALD H W
McGRATH Florence
McKAY W H
McKEOWN J
McMILLAN J
MERRICK W F
MILEY F J
MOULDER J G
MURRAY W
O'DRISCOLL P
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OLIVER H J G
OSBORNE J
OWEN F
OWEN J E
PARKER Lily
PARNELL E E
PEPLER P
POWELL S G
PRESTON S
PRITCHARD A E
RICHARDS H
ROBERTS J E
ROBERTSON D L
ROBINS Florence R
ROBINSON R V
SEAMAN W, "AFC"
SENNETT Beryl J
SIDDORN J
SIME W J D
SIMPSON G H
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SMART Doreen
SMITH F
SMITH J
TASKER W
TAYLOR S T
TEPPETT R L
TAYLOR W A
THOMAS E A
THOMAS S G
THOMSON E A
TOMPKIN F W
TREVETHAN R E
WEBSTER R A C
WESTON J
WHITTAKER J W
WILDRIDGE J
WILLIAMS R E
WILLIAMS W
WILLIAMSON Florence
WOODWARD Ann D

War Memorial, Port Sunlight, Cheshire.

This Memorial
erected by Lever Brothers Limited
and by the Company's Employees in all
parts pf the British Empire and in
Allied Countries was unveiled on
Decenber 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

The names of all who served numbering over four
thousand are recorded in a book deposited beneath
this stone and also in similar books placed in
Christ Church and in the Lady Lever Art Gallery

This memorial was
designed and executed
by Sir W Goscombe John R.A.
MCMXXI

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