Ormskirk Comrades War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 2017. War memorial.
Ormskirk Comrades War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- plain-courtyard-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lancashire
- Constituency
- West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Ormskirk Comrades War Memorial, Coronation Park, Park Road, L39 3BY
- OS grid reference
- SD 412 082
- Coordinates
- 53.56742, -2.88862
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ormskirk Comrades War Memorial is a memorial dedicated to those who served in the First and Second World Wars. It was erected in 1921, with an inscription added later to honor the fallen of the Second World War after 1945.
The memorial is made of sandstone ashlar and granite and is located on the east side of Coronation Park, near Park Road in the center of Ormskirk. It features a tapering ashlar sandstone obelisk that stands 1.6 meters high, resting on a square sandstone pedestal and a three-tier stepped base, which has a total height of 2.4 meters. The front of the obelisk is adorned with a decorative palm branch and laurel wreath carved in relief. The base is primarily constructed of sandstone, except for the lowest step, which is made of granite.
On the west face of the pedestal, there is an incised inscription in black lettering that reads: "TO OUR COMRADES/ WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WARS/ 1914 – 1918/ 1939 – 1945/ THE BLOOD OF HEROES/ IS THE SEED OF FREEDOM." Additionally, the base beneath this inscription states: "THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY/ THE COMRADES OF THE GREAT WAR/ ORMSKIRK AND DISTRICT BRANCH."
Local climate
Ormskirk Comrades War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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