Bootle War Memorial, including flight of steps and flanking stone tablets

The Bootle War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1922, with later additions for the Second World War. It is made of Forest of Dean sandstone and bronze.

The memorial is located within a raised enclosure at the western edge of a public park, accessed by a flight of steps on the west side and surrounded by low hedging. To the south stands the Grade II-listed Statue of Edward VII.

The structure features a pedestal on a plinth, which is set on a stepped platform topped with a bronze statue of a mother and child. The plinth is a circular drum with a moulded cornice, while the pedestal has a triangular shape with concave faces. It displays twelve bronze panels framed by fluted pilasters, with three panels protruding forward, listing the names of the fallen in relief lettering, totaling 1,007 names. An inscription around the base of the plinth reads, "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF OVER/ A THOUSAND MEN/ FROM BOOTLE WHO MADE THE/ SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ AND 1939 - 1945." Above this, within the three concave faces of the pedestal, are life-size bronze statues of an infantryman, an airman, and a seaman. The soldier and seaman stand at ease, while the airman looks skyward as he pulls on his gloves, with detailed depictions of their dress, weaponry, and equipment. Each base-end of the pedestal features a bronze laurel wreath.

On the west side, a stone plaque within an aedicular frame is inscribed, "IN MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THE/ LIVERPOOL ESCORT FORCE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ 1939- 1945/ 'I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE'/ SAITH THE LORD."

The steps on the west side are flanked by low, broad ramped sandstone tablets inscribed with the names of those who died in the Second World War, continuing on inset bronze panels with relief lettering, totaling 540 names.