War Memorial

WINSFORD FORMER U.D. HIGH STREET SJ 66 NW 4/103 War Memorial. - - II Boer War Memorial. Inscribed "Presented by Public Subscription, 1906". Yellow sandstone ashlar base with grey granite body and white marble statue. Stepped base with canted corners of two steps. Granite plinth with moulded top bearing inscription. Body of monument has cartouche in relief and penant above inscribed DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI and in the cartouche is written:

WINSFORD MEN WHO DIED WHILE SERVING IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN 1899-1902

with a list of names. On the base is inscribed

THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED BY GENERAL RIDLEY C.B. ON THE 24TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1906 ARTHUR HAMLETT, CHAIRMAN ) WINSFORD URBAN JNO. H. COOKE, CLERK ) DISTRICT COUNCIL

Left hand side inscribed at top:

WINSFORD MEN WHO SERVED IN THE REGULAR ARMY AND SURVIVED

followed by a list of names. On the right hand side is inscribed:

WINSFORD MEN WHO SERVED AS VOLUNTEERS AND SURVIVED

followed by a list of names including a section for the St John's ambulance brigade.

Above this section is a moulded cornice with a white marble effigy above of a soldier leaning on his upturned rifle with a tree trunk as support to his right leg.

Listing NGR: SJ6474266189

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 26 January 2017.