Lathom War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 2016. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Lathom War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- second-threshold-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lancashire
- Constituency
- West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Lathom War Memorial, Outside Preston Lodge, Hall Lane, Ormskirk, L40 5UN
- OS grid reference
- SD 455 097
- Coordinates
- 53.58148, -2.8245
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lathom War Memorial is made of sandstone and stands 0.80 meters high. It features a Latin cross with a plain square tapering chamfered shaft, which is set on a 1.6-meter tall square plinth that is also tapering and chamfered, consisting of two stages. This plinth rests on a stone base made up of two square steps.
The eastern face of the plinth displays the main incised painted inscription, which reads: 1914 – 1918 / TO THE GLORIOUS / MEMORY OF "THESE" / WHO DIED IN MANY LANDS / THAT WE MIGHT LIVE HERE / IN PEACE. / (NAMES).
On the lower, stepped section of the plinth, there is another incised painted inscription that says: PASS FRIEND, ALL'S WELL.
The southern face of the memorial features an incised painted inscription listing the names of those who fell in the Second World War, preceded by the inscription: 1939 – 1945 / ALSO THESE WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES.
Local climate
Lathom War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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