Helsby War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Helsby War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- leaning-screen-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Helsby War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Grade II-listed Church of St Paul, overlooking the A56 and near the Grade II-listed lychgate. This approximately 5-meter tall sandstone memorial features a Celtic cross with a broad tapering shaft. The wheel-head and shaft are adorned with intricate vine patterns carved in relief. The shaft is set on a rectangular pedestal, which is raised on a three-stepped base, and the entire structure is positioned on a platform above the level of the churchyard wall.
The main dedicatory inscription is found on the front face of the cross shaft, near its base. It is incised into the stone and painted in black ink, stating: "ERECTED BY THE/ PARISHIONERS OF HELSBY/ IN PROUD AND/ GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE MEN OF HELSBY/ PARISH WHO DIED FOR THEIR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WARS/ 1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945." Below this inscription, on the front face of the pedestal, the names of those commemorated are incised in two columns, listing 20 combatants from the First World War and 17 from the Second World War.
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