Location
King George's Drive & The Causeway, Port Sunlight, Cheshire.
(In Merseyside since the 1974
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
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 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 | 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 |
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 | 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 | 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 |
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 | 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 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 |
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 | 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 | 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 |
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 | 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 | 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 |
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 | 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 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 |
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ASPINALL A BARTLEY J O BEARD O BIGGS W, DFM BIRCH R R ANDERSON R A | BRIGGS S BROWN J A BRYANT R G CASSON R E CHALTON H CLEGG D W | COOKE A COOPER J S CORFE J COWAN E R, DFC AM(USA) CREGEEN W BROCK H |
DALEY F R DAVIES A G DAVIES E DAVIES G DAVIES W O | ELLIOTT R ELLIS Olive M ELLISON C H EVENS R FAREY H B FARR R | FERNANDEZ W GANNON C W GARNER W H GEDLING R GOUGH H |
GRIFFITHS W D M GROGAN F J GUNNING J GUTH E J HALL G R | HARRISON Mary C HELM W O HUGHES H HUGHES W IVESON E M JACKSON J E | JENNINGS Muriel JOINSON S JOLLY K F JONES J E JONES K S |
JONES T E KING G K KIRBY A L LAMB J LANE D W | LONG W MATTHEWS J H McDONALD H W McGRATH Florence McKAY W H McKEOWN J | MERRICK W F MILEY F J MOULDER J G MURRAY W O'DRISCOLL P |
OSBORNE J OWEN F OWEN J E PARKER Lily PARNELL E E | POWELL S G PRESTON S PRITCHARD A E RICHARDS H ROBERTS J E ROBERTSON D L | ROBINSON R V SEAMAN W, "AFC" SENNETT Beryl J SIDDORN J SIME W J D SIMPSON G H |
SMITH F SMITH J TASKER W TAYLOR S T TEPPETT R L TAYLOR W A | THOMAS S G THOMSON E A TOMPKIN F W TREVETHAN R E WEBSTER R A C WESTON J | WILDRIDGE J WILLIAMS R E WILLIAMS W WILLIAMSON Florence WOODWARD Ann D |
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.
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