Neston War Memorial

The Neston War Memorial is situated within a gated and railed enclosure in the north-east corner of the churchyard of the Church of St Mary and St Helen, which is listed at Grade II*. The memorial stands approximately 5 meters tall and features a wheel-head cross carved from sandstone. The cross rises from a tapering plinth that sits on a three-stepped square base. The cross head is adorned with carved decorations, including a crown of thorns around the wheel face and rose buds on the cross arms. The front face of the cross shaft displays intricately carved intertwining foliage patterns, including oak leaves.

The main dedicatory inscription, incised into the front face of the plinth, reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN IMPERISHABLE MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ (WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED/ IN THE CHURCH) WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ THEIR BODIES ARE BURIED IN PEACE/ BUT THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE."

A later inscription on the south-eastern face of the plinth commemorates "ALSO/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1939 – 1945."

Additionally, a plaque located behind the south-eastern side of the memorial enclosure honors a serviceman who died during the Falklands conflict in 1982 on the ship HMS Coventry.