Helsby War Memorial

The war memorial stands in the churchyard of the Grade II-listed Church of St Paul, overlooking the A56 and close to the Grade II-listed lychgate. The c5m tall sandstone memorial takes the form of a Celtic cross with a broad tapering shaft. The wheel-head and shaft are decorated with complex vine patterns carved in relief. The shaft stands on a pedestal, rectangular on plan, raised on a three-stepped base. The whole stands on a platform above the level of the churchyard wall.

The principal dedicatory inscription is recorded on the front face of the cross shaft, at its foot, incised into the stone and painted in black ink, reading 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 on the front face of the pedestal the commemorated names are incised in two columns, one of the 20 First World War combatants and the other of the 17 Second World War names.