Lathom and Burscough War Memorial

The Lathom and Burscough War Memorial is made of Cornish granite and stands approximately 5 meters tall. It features a 3-meter high wheel-head cross adorned with Celtic-style knotwork designs around a central boss. This cross is mounted on a tapering oblong shaft, which is also decorated with carved knotwork, and sits atop a tapering, rough-hewn plinth. The plinth is elevated on an octagonal base consisting of five steps, each inscribed on the northern side with an ascending year from the First World War.

On the northern face of the plinth, there is an incised painted lead letter inscription that reads: "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.'"

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