Lathom and Burscough War Memorial

MATERIALS: Cornish granite.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a 3m high wheel-head cross decorated with Celtic-style knotwork designs around a central boss. It is set upon a tapering, decorated oblong shaft similarly decorated with carved knotwork, which is set upon a tapering, rough-hewn plinth. This stands on an octagonal base of five steps – each inscribed (on the northern side) with an ascending year of the First World War. The total height of the memorial is approximately 5m.

The northern face of the plinth bears an incised painted lead letter inscription LATHOM AND BURSCOUGH / "IS IT NOTHING TO YOU, ALL YE THAT PASS BY." / THIS CROSS IS RAISED IN / GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF / OUR LOCAL MEN / WHO DIED IN DEFENCE OF / THEIR COUNTRY, HONOUR AND FREEDOM / DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919. / AND OF THE 2ND GREAT WAR 1939 – 1945. / "THEY NOTHING COMMON DID, OR MEAN / UPON THAT MEMORABLE SCENE."

All other faces of both the plinth and shaft list the names of local men killed in both World Wars.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 2 February 2017.