WW1 Memorials of Merseyside
St Mary's Church, Irvine Street, Liverpool, L7 8SY
The foundation stone for the Church was laid on 14th January 1812; dedicated to St. Mary it opened for Divine Service on the 14th March 1813 and was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester on 25th September 1813.
Until 1812 there was no Anglican church at Edge Hill. The population was however, growing rapidly and in 1812 Mr. Edward Mason (the initial benefactor of the Church, a timber merchant whom Mason Street is named after) purchased a plot of land.
The Church is made of brick with stone dressing and a slate roof with a nave of two storey’s and five bays, a west tower and two porches of two storey’s in the angles between nave and tower and is positioned on the second highest point in Liverpool, at 230ft (the tallest at 250ft is in Everton).
The tower has an added west porch; three-face clock with diamond faces; the bell stage two light plate-tracery openings; top cornice and castellated parapet.
There are two stained glass windows by W. Morris, dating back to the 1870's, on north side of nave. The porches have stairs to galleries on three sides, supported on slender iron columns, the western bay now partitioned off. The famous May Blitz 1941 caused damage to the chapel’s stained glass windows. Other leaded light windows were also damaged and replaced with simpler glass.
The Church has undergone renovation on numerous occasions in its 200+ years, the latest receiving substantial support from English Heritage - the Church being a Grade II listed Building.
It is located near the extensive Williamson Tunnels. Joseph Williamson - the Mole of Edge Hill and creator of the Williamson Tunnels lived in Mason Street (named after the Church Founder) opposite the church and one of the entrances to his network of tunnels is directly opposite the main door of the church. It has long been thought that a tunnel extended to the church, but despite extensive examination, no such linking tunnel has been found – yet.
The diamond-faced tower clock was made by the renowned Liverpool clock maker James Condliff and was added in 1819; this dates it as one of his earlier works, his workshop having been established just three years before. This is one of the oldest working clocks in a Church in Liverpool and needs winding once a week, having a 13 foot 2 second pendulum. The clock was presented to the Church by Miss Ellen Mason (daughter of Church founder) and was restored in 1944 as a memorial to those of the parish lost in World War II.
The churchyard has nearly nine hundred grave plots and perhaps the most significant grave and the only one regularly visited is number 690, that of Thomas Williams, “One of the Balaklava heroes” A member of the 11th Hussars, Thomas took part – and survived – the Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War in 1854. He died on 19th May 1887 and his rather plain gravestone is situated on the east side.
Thomas was born in Southwark, London on the 26th September 1830, where the family were hat and cap manufacturers. They moved to Colchester (where Thomas was a Sunday school teacher) before going to Liverpool. On his return from the Crimea the people of Colchester collected and funded a commerative pocket bible, which they presented to him together with remaining collection funds. He had a brother William also in the Hussars, born in 1836, he died in Portsmouth and did not take part in the charge as he was ill and back at Varna. Having been ill when they arrived in the Crimea, William kept trying to join his regiment, eventually arriving a few days after the charge he was sent back to Scutari. This is recorded in a letter Thomas wrote to his family in Colchester, written on the 6th January 1855 and published in the Essex Standard and General Advertiser for the Eastern Counties on the 26th January and again on 31 January. It also appeared in the Patriotic Fund Journal.
After leaving the Hussars in 1862, Thomas worked with his family and when they moved to Liverpool, he began his new career running a Birkenhead Workhouse with his wife, as Master and matron for a number of years. He gave evidence at a dreadful baby farming case where he had tried to save some children who arrived at the workhouse in a dreadful state of neglect. He retired due to ill health following injury and his last work was as a guide and attendant at the Liverpool Exhibition. Thomas was known for his 'genial and kindly disposition'. He was a great orator and gave many public addresses on his military experiences in aid of charitable objectives. He would recite Lord Tennyson's famous poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" at gatherings but could never finish for the tears, which overcame him.
The Battle of Balaklava took place in the Crimean War in 1854. Because of a misunderstanding between Lord Lucan and Lord Cardigan, 632 soldiers of the Light Brigade attacked the Russian guns at the end of a valley. The soldiers had to ride one and a quarter miles up the valley with Russian canons on three sides of them firing. Of the 632 men that charged up the valley, 110 were killed in action, 196 were wounded, 57 were taken prisoner and 362 horses were killed. Amazingly, 276 men rode back down the valley with hardly a scratch. A French observer Marshal Pierre Bosquet commented, “It is magnificent. However, it is not war. It is madness.”
In the picture here Thomas wears his Crimea medal with four clasps; Sebastopol, Inkermann, Balaklava and Alma.
Also in the churchyard is a WW1 memorial made up of a plinth and shaft surmounted by an ornate sandstone cross and is situated facing out towards the road. It contains the inscription ‘LEST WE FORGET’ – ‘In Memory of those who fought and of those who fell in the Great War 1914 – 1919’. Around the base of the plinth is inscribed ‘God is our refuge and strength an ever present help in trouble’, though the cross and base are in very poor condition and some of the panels are now unreadable. The memorial cross contains no names of the fallen.
The internal memorial is a wooden plaque with gold embossed names of 78 of the fallen from or connected to the Parish.
Ashcroft G.H. Private, Adams W. Private, Allan C. Private, Andrews A. Private, Ashcroft J.E. Rifleman, Ashton P.T. Private, Benbow G.P. Sergeant M.M., Boggild D. Private, Bradshaw P.D. 2nd Lt, Briscoe H. Sergeant, Comish H.D. Private, Clayton R. Private, Compton F. Private, Colinson S.H. Private, Cullen John Mc L/Seaman, Casson J. Private, Culshaw J.H. Private, Case E. Private, Case W. Private, Copeland O. Private, Devitt T. Private, Dillon J.R. Private, Dalziel P. L/Corporal, Edgar F. Sergeant, Ellison F. Private, Fawcett E.H. Signaller, Frear F. Private, Fletcher A. Private, Foreman T. Corporal M.M., Gray F.W.A. Private, Gerrards S.F. Private, Hinds T. Private, Horne B.P. Corporal, Hilton J.H. L /Corporal, Hughes W. Private, Hargreaves H. Private, Hodgson H. Private, Hammond A.W. Private, Hulme J.S. Corporal, Ingham L.E. Private, Jarvis F. Private, Jones J. Corporal, Kent A. Private, Lund E. Private, Moritz F. Private, Manville W.W. Private, Petherbridge W. Private, Parker C. Private, Pollard E.T. Private, Pittman W.T. Private, Price C. 2nd Lt, Pearson W.G. Private, Roberts W.E. Private, Roose A.E. Gunner, Richards C. Private, Spoor J. Private, Smalley D.G. Private, Smalley A.E. L/Corporal, Scott J. Private, Spencer C. Private, Stones C. Private, Smith S.C. Private, Singleton D. Private, Smith T. Driver, Shallcross T. Private, Selsby L.H. Private, Smith S. Private, Sanderson H.J. Private, Tenney C. Private, West D. Private, Whitter R. Private, Whitter W. Private, Walton B. Private, Williams R. Private, Wright C.H. Corporal, Woolley F.W. 2nd Lt, Young J. Private, Young S.W. Rifleman
The foundation stone for the Church was laid on 14th January 1812; dedicated to St. Mary it opened for Divine Service on the 14th March 1813 and was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester on 25th September 1813.
Until 1812 there was no Anglican church at Edge Hill. The population was however, growing rapidly and in 1812 Mr. Edward Mason (the initial benefactor of the Church, a timber merchant whom Mason Street is named after) purchased a plot of land.
The Church is made of brick with stone dressing and a slate roof with a nave of two storey’s and five bays, a west tower and two porches of two storey’s in the angles between nave and tower and is positioned on the second highest point in Liverpool, at 230ft (the tallest at 250ft is in Everton).
The tower has an added west porch; three-face clock with diamond faces; the bell stage two light plate-tracery openings; top cornice and castellated parapet.
There are two stained glass windows by W. Morris, dating back to the 1870's, on north side of nave. The porches have stairs to galleries on three sides, supported on slender iron columns, the western bay now partitioned off. The famous May Blitz 1941 caused damage to the chapel’s stained glass windows. Other leaded light windows were also damaged and replaced with simpler glass.
The Church has undergone renovation on numerous occasions in its 200+ years, the latest receiving substantial support from English Heritage - the Church being a Grade II listed Building.
It is located near the extensive Williamson Tunnels. Joseph Williamson - the Mole of Edge Hill and creator of the Williamson Tunnels lived in Mason Street (named after the Church Founder) opposite the church and one of the entrances to his network of tunnels is directly opposite the main door of the church. It has long been thought that a tunnel extended to the church, but despite extensive examination, no such linking tunnel has been found – yet.
The diamond-faced tower clock was made by the renowned Liverpool clock maker James Condliff and was added in 1819; this dates it as one of his earlier works, his workshop having been established just three years before. This is one of the oldest working clocks in a Church in Liverpool and needs winding once a week, having a 13 foot 2 second pendulum. The clock was presented to the Church by Miss Ellen Mason (daughter of Church founder) and was restored in 1944 as a memorial to those of the parish lost in World War II.
The churchyard has nearly nine hundred grave plots and perhaps the most significant grave and the only one regularly visited is number 690, that of Thomas Williams, “One of the Balaklava heroes” A member of the 11th Hussars, Thomas took part – and survived – the Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War in 1854. He died on 19th May 1887 and his rather plain gravestone is situated on the east side.
Thomas was born in Southwark, London on the 26th September 1830, where the family were hat and cap manufacturers. They moved to Colchester (where Thomas was a Sunday school teacher) before going to Liverpool. On his return from the Crimea the people of Colchester collected and funded a commerative pocket bible, which they presented to him together with remaining collection funds. He had a brother William also in the Hussars, born in 1836, he died in Portsmouth and did not take part in the charge as he was ill and back at Varna. Having been ill when they arrived in the Crimea, William kept trying to join his regiment, eventually arriving a few days after the charge he was sent back to Scutari. This is recorded in a letter Thomas wrote to his family in Colchester, written on the 6th January 1855 and published in the Essex Standard and General Advertiser for the Eastern Counties on the 26th January and again on 31 January. It also appeared in the Patriotic Fund Journal.
After leaving the Hussars in 1862, Thomas worked with his family and when they moved to Liverpool, he began his new career running a Birkenhead Workhouse with his wife, as Master and matron for a number of years. He gave evidence at a dreadful baby farming case where he had tried to save some children who arrived at the workhouse in a dreadful state of neglect. He retired due to ill health following injury and his last work was as a guide and attendant at the Liverpool Exhibition. Thomas was known for his 'genial and kindly disposition'. He was a great orator and gave many public addresses on his military experiences in aid of charitable objectives. He would recite Lord Tennyson's famous poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" at gatherings but could never finish for the tears, which overcame him.
The Battle of Balaklava took place in the Crimean War in 1854. Because of a misunderstanding between Lord Lucan and Lord Cardigan, 632 soldiers of the Light Brigade attacked the Russian guns at the end of a valley. The soldiers had to ride one and a quarter miles up the valley with Russian canons on three sides of them firing. Of the 632 men that charged up the valley, 110 were killed in action, 196 were wounded, 57 were taken prisoner and 362 horses were killed. Amazingly, 276 men rode back down the valley with hardly a scratch. A French observer Marshal Pierre Bosquet commented, “It is magnificent. However, it is not war. It is madness.”
In the picture here Thomas wears his Crimea medal with four clasps; Sebastopol, Inkermann, Balaklava and Alma.
Also in the churchyard is a WW1 memorial made up of a plinth and shaft surmounted by an ornate sandstone cross and is situated facing out towards the road. It contains the inscription ‘LEST WE FORGET’ – ‘In Memory of those who fought and of those who fell in the Great War 1914 – 1919’. Around the base of the plinth is inscribed ‘God is our refuge and strength an ever present help in trouble’, though the cross and base are in very poor condition and some of the panels are now unreadable. The memorial cross contains no names of the fallen.
The internal memorial is a wooden plaque with gold embossed names of 78 of the fallen from or connected to the Parish.
Ashcroft G.H. Private, Adams W. Private, Allan C. Private, Andrews A. Private, Ashcroft J.E. Rifleman, Ashton P.T. Private, Benbow G.P. Sergeant M.M., Boggild D. Private, Bradshaw P.D. 2nd Lt, Briscoe H. Sergeant, Comish H.D. Private, Clayton R. Private, Compton F. Private, Colinson S.H. Private, Cullen John Mc L/Seaman, Casson J. Private, Culshaw J.H. Private, Case E. Private, Case W. Private, Copeland O. Private, Devitt T. Private, Dillon J.R. Private, Dalziel P. L/Corporal, Edgar F. Sergeant, Ellison F. Private, Fawcett E.H. Signaller, Frear F. Private, Fletcher A. Private, Foreman T. Corporal M.M., Gray F.W.A. Private, Gerrards S.F. Private, Hinds T. Private, Horne B.P. Corporal, Hilton J.H. L /Corporal, Hughes W. Private, Hargreaves H. Private, Hodgson H. Private, Hammond A.W. Private, Hulme J.S. Corporal, Ingham L.E. Private, Jarvis F. Private, Jones J. Corporal, Kent A. Private, Lund E. Private, Moritz F. Private, Manville W.W. Private, Petherbridge W. Private, Parker C. Private, Pollard E.T. Private, Pittman W.T. Private, Price C. 2nd Lt, Pearson W.G. Private, Roberts W.E. Private, Roose A.E. Gunner, Richards C. Private, Spoor J. Private, Smalley D.G. Private, Smalley A.E. L/Corporal, Scott J. Private, Spencer C. Private, Stones C. Private, Smith S.C. Private, Singleton D. Private, Smith T. Driver, Shallcross T. Private, Selsby L.H. Private, Smith S. Private, Sanderson H.J. Private, Tenney C. Private, West D. Private, Whitter R. Private, Whitter W. Private, Walton B. Private, Williams R. Private, Wright C.H. Corporal, Woolley F.W. 2nd Lt, Young J. Private, Young S.W. Rifleman
Liverpool University Victoria Hall, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool
Designed by Alfred Waterhouse the Victoria buildings have been a central part of University life for over a century, starting in 1882 when University College, Liverpool opened its doors to 45 students. Based initially in the disused lunatic asylum on Ashton Street, the College rapidly grew and it was not long before the inadequacies of the building became apparent.
In 1887, the year of Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, the College launched a fundraising appeal for the erection of a purpose-built headquarters. The College’s Council asked Liverpool-born architect Alfred Waterhouse, to draw up plans.
With the building costed at £35,000, the fundraising appeal relied heavily on the generosity of the people of the city and by 1888 £16,000 had been raised. The Liverpool Jubilee Memorial Committee donated a further £4,300 for a commemorative clock tower, Mr. (later Sir) William Hartley, the jam manufacturer, funded the clock and bells. The clock tower bears a Royal coat of arms and the inscription ‘Victoriae Reginae Dei Gratia L Annos Feliciter Regnanti Cives Posuerunt’ which translates as ‘For Victoria, Queen by the grace of God, in commemoration of 50 years of fortunate reign; erected by the citizens.’ Cast by Taylor of Loughborough, each of the four bells in the clock tower is inscribed with a line from Tennyson’s In Memoriam: ‘Ring out the old, Ring in the new, Ring out the false, Ring in the true, Ring in the Christ that is to be’. Mr. (later Sir) Henry Tate, the sugar refiner of Liverpool and London offered to fund the entire library block of the building, amounting to £20,000.
Ordinary bricks and terracotta dressings were selected for the Gothic exterior, which led to the coining of the phrase ‘red brick university’ by Bruce Truscot, the pseudonym adopted by Edgar Allison Peers, a Professor of Spanish at Liverpool (1922 – 1952), who wrote an influential book of the same title about universities originating in the 19th century.
The interior was finished to a similarly high standard. The entrance hall was elaborately decorated with faience of terracotta, turquoise and buff glazed tiles, while corridors were lined with glazed ivory and brown bricks, divided into bays by arches. Additions such as electric lighting were ahead of their time for buildings of that period.
Completed in 1892, costing £53,000 – slightly more than estimated – the building combined architectural drama with practicality.
Delays in construction resulted in the cancellation of an opening by the Prince of Wales in June 1892, but it was finally officially opened on 13 December 1892 by the Chancellor of the federal Victoria University, Lord Spencer.
From 1892 onwards, the building was the heart of University life. Besides administration offices, it housed a lecture theatre, lecture rooms, staff offices, common rooms and the Tate Library, which was designed to hold 80,000 volumes.
Gradually, as the University grew and more properties were acquired - principally on Abercromby Square - maturing departments moved out of the Victoria Building to ease the mounting pressure on accommodation. Over time, the building’s principal function was to house the University’s administration.
The Tate Library served as the University’s main library until the opening of the Harold Cohen Library in 1938. The space, renamed Tate Hall, became home to some of the University’s art collections, often being used for formal events and as an examination room.
The Gothic style, elaborate brickwork, the stunning Italian mosaic paving interior and traditional Victorian tiles work together to give this magnificent building the wow-factor. Following major restoration work in July 2008, at a cost of £8.6 million, this building was reopened by HRH the Princess Royal to everyone, as the Victoria Gallery & Museum, one of the most unique Liverpool museums and art galleries. This Grade II listed building is now a fantastic legacy from Liverpool’s European Capital of Culture year.
On the front of the building is a plaque that reads ‘For the advancement of learning and ennoblement of life the Victoria Building was raised by the men of Liverpool in the year of Our Lord 1892’.
Unveiled by Lord Derby the University’s war memorial, in the entrance hall of the building, is in memory of the staff and students who died in the First World War. Later a wooden board was erected in memory of those who died in the Second World War and subsequent conflicts.
The memorial is constructed on a Hoptonwood stone triptych with names carved into eight panels of ivory coloured French marble. A University of Liverpool Coat of Arms rises above the centre panels and below the arms is the main inscription ‘They died yet are not dead’, then three columns of names grouped alphabetically. University arms are supported on either side by a putti boy with downcast head. They hold drooping palm leaves which sweep outwards to the main structure. The whole ornament is gilded and commemorates the 205 killed in the First World War (1914-1918) who were associated with the University including double VC holder Noel Chavasse who after studying medicine at the University of Oxford returned to Liverpool to continue his studies at the University, taking his first placement at the Royal Southern Hospital in Liverpool. He went on to serve as a captain with the Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army attached to the 1/10th (Scottish) Battalion of the King's (Liverpool Regiment), part of the 55th (West Lancashire) Division.
Adams Laurence K, Aldridge Noel, Alexander William G, Allan, Noel J, Allan William S, Allinson Robert C, Anderson Francis, Anderson Jonas W, Appleby Eric, Ashcroft P Harold G, Aston Frank, Atkinson Fred, Auger Percy J, Bagshaw William J, Baxter Clive, Bell Eric N F, Bell Wilson, Bird Frederic V, Blair Sidney B, Bodel Frederick E, Boyce Arthur C, Boyer Sydney J, Bradley G Alan, Bradshaw Percival C, Bradshaw Peter D, Brearley Harold B, Bretland Harold L, Brewin Harold J, Brien Edward H Brunner Cecil H, Burton Geoffrey B, Butcher Stanley, Carroll Joseph, Cauzid Jean, Challiner William H, Chavasse Noel G, Clark Stanley L, Cohen Lazarus, Colley Harold, Connell Harry B, Corbett Harry, Cornish Alfred J, Crawford David W, Crean John F, Curwen Robert, Davey William A G, Davies Brinley O, Davies Leo E, Davies Lindsay R, Davies William E, Dawson Philip, Delaney Leo J A, Diggle Joseph, Duncan Walter, Dunn John, Dutton John G, Dykes Thomas G, Eastwood Ronald, Edwards Alfred C, Ellison W Ronald, Evans Arthur F, Evans J Eric, Farmer Alexander C, Finegan Herbert M, Fitzbrown Geoffrey, Flenley E Bernard, Fothergill Philip H, Foulkes John H, Frost Evelyn F M, Fulton Andrew W, Gair Thomas, Gately John E, Gawne William F, Gee Herbert, Golding Edgar, Gonner Edward D L, Graham George S, Gray D Huon, Greaves Reginald, Greer Morrice, Griffin Douglas M, Hague James H, Hallam Horace G S, Handyside John, Harding Norman E, Harris Albert B, Harrison John A, Hartland Arthur, Hartland George, Hawksley Walter L, Herdman George A, Heyes John P, Highton Charles L, Hillis Samuel D, Holdcroft William L, Horn John G, Hough Eric B, Hughes, Edward W, Hughes Maurice T, Hughes William F, Hutchison Innes O, Iddon Harold, Imison Charles K, Irvine Charles W, Jackson Arthur R, Jackson Robert R, Jones J James, Jones Raymond J, Jones Stuart K, Jones Thomas W, Jones William J, Joynson Leonard C B, Karran John B, Kember Walter, Kind Robert G, Laslett Henry C, Lewis W Owen, Limrick Paul O, Little Thomas, Lowe Frederick C, Macdonald Alexander, Macfarlane William A, Mack Arthur S, Maclaren D, Maclean Henry C, Maddrell James K, Mansell John E, Mansergh Harry R, Mcconnan James, Mccormick Edward J, Mcdonnell Francis, Mcmillin William, Mercer Eric D, Milliken Frank S, Milner John L, Mitchell George A, Morga, Arthur D, Morley John, Morrison Leslie, Moss John M, Munday Joseph S, Naylor Fred, Nicholson Arthur H, Nickson W, O'callaghan Patrick J, O'donnell Charles, O'halloran Alfred, Oldershaw Leslie, Pagdin Jabez G, Parry John S, Paterson Edward L, Paul A Reginald, Pepiette Eric, Phillips Leo I, Pool Samuel, Pope Edwin A, Raby Frank A, Rees Alexander A, Reid John L, Reynolds Alfred S, Richardson Douglas B, Roberts Frederick J, Robertson Gordon, Robinson Frank W, Rothwell William K, Rowlands Arthur W, Russell Edward S, Rutherford John A, Rutledge Joseph W, Samuelson William D, Sanders Frederick E, Saunders William G, Saxon Frederick T, Schola Joseph, Simon Norman, Spencer-warwick John C, Spinks Cyril E, Sproat James M, Stalker Francis B D, Stead John, Stewart Isaac, Swinton Ernest, Sykes Leslie H, Teaz Homer N, Tenbosch Christian P, Thorp Frederick, Toolan Francis J, Venmore James F, Vernon Frederick T, Wakeley William N, Walker Arthur N, Weights James H, Whittle Eric T, Wilkinson Norman C, Williams Arthur T, Williams Brinley J, Williams Henry S, Williams James G, Williams Richard G, Williams William H T, Williamson Alexander, Woods Henry, Woolley William L, Wright John C, Young William T.
Graham Read
Designed by Alfred Waterhouse the Victoria buildings have been a central part of University life for over a century, starting in 1882 when University College, Liverpool opened its doors to 45 students. Based initially in the disused lunatic asylum on Ashton Street, the College rapidly grew and it was not long before the inadequacies of the building became apparent.
In 1887, the year of Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, the College launched a fundraising appeal for the erection of a purpose-built headquarters. The College’s Council asked Liverpool-born architect Alfred Waterhouse, to draw up plans.
With the building costed at £35,000, the fundraising appeal relied heavily on the generosity of the people of the city and by 1888 £16,000 had been raised. The Liverpool Jubilee Memorial Committee donated a further £4,300 for a commemorative clock tower, Mr. (later Sir) William Hartley, the jam manufacturer, funded the clock and bells. The clock tower bears a Royal coat of arms and the inscription ‘Victoriae Reginae Dei Gratia L Annos Feliciter Regnanti Cives Posuerunt’ which translates as ‘For Victoria, Queen by the grace of God, in commemoration of 50 years of fortunate reign; erected by the citizens.’ Cast by Taylor of Loughborough, each of the four bells in the clock tower is inscribed with a line from Tennyson’s In Memoriam: ‘Ring out the old, Ring in the new, Ring out the false, Ring in the true, Ring in the Christ that is to be’. Mr. (later Sir) Henry Tate, the sugar refiner of Liverpool and London offered to fund the entire library block of the building, amounting to £20,000.
Ordinary bricks and terracotta dressings were selected for the Gothic exterior, which led to the coining of the phrase ‘red brick university’ by Bruce Truscot, the pseudonym adopted by Edgar Allison Peers, a Professor of Spanish at Liverpool (1922 – 1952), who wrote an influential book of the same title about universities originating in the 19th century.
The interior was finished to a similarly high standard. The entrance hall was elaborately decorated with faience of terracotta, turquoise and buff glazed tiles, while corridors were lined with glazed ivory and brown bricks, divided into bays by arches. Additions such as electric lighting were ahead of their time for buildings of that period.
Completed in 1892, costing £53,000 – slightly more than estimated – the building combined architectural drama with practicality.
Delays in construction resulted in the cancellation of an opening by the Prince of Wales in June 1892, but it was finally officially opened on 13 December 1892 by the Chancellor of the federal Victoria University, Lord Spencer.
From 1892 onwards, the building was the heart of University life. Besides administration offices, it housed a lecture theatre, lecture rooms, staff offices, common rooms and the Tate Library, which was designed to hold 80,000 volumes.
Gradually, as the University grew and more properties were acquired - principally on Abercromby Square - maturing departments moved out of the Victoria Building to ease the mounting pressure on accommodation. Over time, the building’s principal function was to house the University’s administration.
The Tate Library served as the University’s main library until the opening of the Harold Cohen Library in 1938. The space, renamed Tate Hall, became home to some of the University’s art collections, often being used for formal events and as an examination room.
The Gothic style, elaborate brickwork, the stunning Italian mosaic paving interior and traditional Victorian tiles work together to give this magnificent building the wow-factor. Following major restoration work in July 2008, at a cost of £8.6 million, this building was reopened by HRH the Princess Royal to everyone, as the Victoria Gallery & Museum, one of the most unique Liverpool museums and art galleries. This Grade II listed building is now a fantastic legacy from Liverpool’s European Capital of Culture year.
On the front of the building is a plaque that reads ‘For the advancement of learning and ennoblement of life the Victoria Building was raised by the men of Liverpool in the year of Our Lord 1892’.
Unveiled by Lord Derby the University’s war memorial, in the entrance hall of the building, is in memory of the staff and students who died in the First World War. Later a wooden board was erected in memory of those who died in the Second World War and subsequent conflicts.
The memorial is constructed on a Hoptonwood stone triptych with names carved into eight panels of ivory coloured French marble. A University of Liverpool Coat of Arms rises above the centre panels and below the arms is the main inscription ‘They died yet are not dead’, then three columns of names grouped alphabetically. University arms are supported on either side by a putti boy with downcast head. They hold drooping palm leaves which sweep outwards to the main structure. The whole ornament is gilded and commemorates the 205 killed in the First World War (1914-1918) who were associated with the University including double VC holder Noel Chavasse who after studying medicine at the University of Oxford returned to Liverpool to continue his studies at the University, taking his first placement at the Royal Southern Hospital in Liverpool. He went on to serve as a captain with the Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army attached to the 1/10th (Scottish) Battalion of the King's (Liverpool Regiment), part of the 55th (West Lancashire) Division.
Adams Laurence K, Aldridge Noel, Alexander William G, Allan, Noel J, Allan William S, Allinson Robert C, Anderson Francis, Anderson Jonas W, Appleby Eric, Ashcroft P Harold G, Aston Frank, Atkinson Fred, Auger Percy J, Bagshaw William J, Baxter Clive, Bell Eric N F, Bell Wilson, Bird Frederic V, Blair Sidney B, Bodel Frederick E, Boyce Arthur C, Boyer Sydney J, Bradley G Alan, Bradshaw Percival C, Bradshaw Peter D, Brearley Harold B, Bretland Harold L, Brewin Harold J, Brien Edward H Brunner Cecil H, Burton Geoffrey B, Butcher Stanley, Carroll Joseph, Cauzid Jean, Challiner William H, Chavasse Noel G, Clark Stanley L, Cohen Lazarus, Colley Harold, Connell Harry B, Corbett Harry, Cornish Alfred J, Crawford David W, Crean John F, Curwen Robert, Davey William A G, Davies Brinley O, Davies Leo E, Davies Lindsay R, Davies William E, Dawson Philip, Delaney Leo J A, Diggle Joseph, Duncan Walter, Dunn John, Dutton John G, Dykes Thomas G, Eastwood Ronald, Edwards Alfred C, Ellison W Ronald, Evans Arthur F, Evans J Eric, Farmer Alexander C, Finegan Herbert M, Fitzbrown Geoffrey, Flenley E Bernard, Fothergill Philip H, Foulkes John H, Frost Evelyn F M, Fulton Andrew W, Gair Thomas, Gately John E, Gawne William F, Gee Herbert, Golding Edgar, Gonner Edward D L, Graham George S, Gray D Huon, Greaves Reginald, Greer Morrice, Griffin Douglas M, Hague James H, Hallam Horace G S, Handyside John, Harding Norman E, Harris Albert B, Harrison John A, Hartland Arthur, Hartland George, Hawksley Walter L, Herdman George A, Heyes John P, Highton Charles L, Hillis Samuel D, Holdcroft William L, Horn John G, Hough Eric B, Hughes, Edward W, Hughes Maurice T, Hughes William F, Hutchison Innes O, Iddon Harold, Imison Charles K, Irvine Charles W, Jackson Arthur R, Jackson Robert R, Jones J James, Jones Raymond J, Jones Stuart K, Jones Thomas W, Jones William J, Joynson Leonard C B, Karran John B, Kember Walter, Kind Robert G, Laslett Henry C, Lewis W Owen, Limrick Paul O, Little Thomas, Lowe Frederick C, Macdonald Alexander, Macfarlane William A, Mack Arthur S, Maclaren D, Maclean Henry C, Maddrell James K, Mansell John E, Mansergh Harry R, Mcconnan James, Mccormick Edward J, Mcdonnell Francis, Mcmillin William, Mercer Eric D, Milliken Frank S, Milner John L, Mitchell George A, Morga, Arthur D, Morley John, Morrison Leslie, Moss John M, Munday Joseph S, Naylor Fred, Nicholson Arthur H, Nickson W, O'callaghan Patrick J, O'donnell Charles, O'halloran Alfred, Oldershaw Leslie, Pagdin Jabez G, Parry John S, Paterson Edward L, Paul A Reginald, Pepiette Eric, Phillips Leo I, Pool Samuel, Pope Edwin A, Raby Frank A, Rees Alexander A, Reid John L, Reynolds Alfred S, Richardson Douglas B, Roberts Frederick J, Robertson Gordon, Robinson Frank W, Rothwell William K, Rowlands Arthur W, Russell Edward S, Rutherford John A, Rutledge Joseph W, Samuelson William D, Sanders Frederick E, Saunders William G, Saxon Frederick T, Schola Joseph, Simon Norman, Spencer-warwick John C, Spinks Cyril E, Sproat James M, Stalker Francis B D, Stead John, Stewart Isaac, Swinton Ernest, Sykes Leslie H, Teaz Homer N, Tenbosch Christian P, Thorp Frederick, Toolan Francis J, Venmore James F, Vernon Frederick T, Wakeley William N, Walker Arthur N, Weights James H, Whittle Eric T, Wilkinson Norman C, Williams Arthur T, Williams Brinley J, Williams Henry S, Williams James G, Williams Richard G, Williams William H T, Williamson Alexander, Woods Henry, Woolley William L, Wright John C, Young William T.
Graham Read
Christ Church, Great Homer Street, Everton (part 3)
A small, triangular-headed cast copper plaque with names in relief (apart from one, H Hughes, which is inscribed in black paint) is from Christ Church, Great Homer Street, Everton (consecrated on 30th October 1848 this church was also destroyed by enemy action in the May blitz of 1941). The inscription reads ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH AND PARISH WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918. This contains 93 names of the fallen. Below it is another wooden board with inscription ‘THIS TABLET WAS IN CHRIST CHURCH EVERTON UNTIL THAT CHURCH WAS DESTROYED BY ENEMY ACTION’.
Graham Read
A small, triangular-headed cast copper plaque with names in relief (apart from one, H Hughes, which is inscribed in black paint) is from Christ Church, Great Homer Street, Everton (consecrated on 30th October 1848 this church was also destroyed by enemy action in the May blitz of 1941). The inscription reads ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH AND PARISH WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918. This contains 93 names of the fallen. Below it is another wooden board with inscription ‘THIS TABLET WAS IN CHRIST CHURCH EVERTON UNTIL THAT CHURCH WAS DESTROYED BY ENEMY ACTION’.
Graham Read
St Georges, Heyworth Street, Everton, Liverpool (Part 2)
The second plaque in St Georges Church is a wooden plaque from St. Augustine's Church (consecrated on 9th July 1830, the Church, Church hall and vicarage were destroyed by enemy action on the 4th May 1941 with the memorial eventually beings housed in St Georges following the amalgamation of several parishes). The dedication reads ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF ST. AUGUSTINE'S WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR HONOUR, KING AND COUNTRY DURING THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914-1919’ and contains the names of 33 of the fallen.
Formerly in St. Augustine’s Shaw Street - CHARLES. H. ABELL, THEODORE. D. ADAMS, GEORGE BARR, JOSEPH BARR, ARTHUR F BEEDHAM, GERALD. O. BOOTH, JOHN CRANK, EDWARD CROSS, R. HENRY DAVIES, BENJAMIN DUCKER, ALFRED FORFAR, FRANK GAINHAM, DAVID. S. GEDDES, JAMES. T. GUY, JOSEPH. W. GUY, HENRY. H. HORNBY, WILLIAM HORNBY, ROBERT HORROCKS, ALBERT. W. JERMY, JOHN. B. JONES, HARRY KEAY, JOSEPH. W. McCOMB, G. ALLAN. McGOUGH, ROBERT MOULD, CHARLES. W. POTTER, PAUL. A. QUINE, HENRY. J. ROPER, THOMAS. W. SHARPLEY, THOMAS SMITH, VINCENT TYNDALL, GEORGE WISEMAN, JAMES WOOLFORD, WALTER WORTHINGTON
Graham Read
The second plaque in St Georges Church is a wooden plaque from St. Augustine's Church (consecrated on 9th July 1830, the Church, Church hall and vicarage were destroyed by enemy action on the 4th May 1941 with the memorial eventually beings housed in St Georges following the amalgamation of several parishes). The dedication reads ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF ST. AUGUSTINE'S WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR HONOUR, KING AND COUNTRY DURING THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914-1919’ and contains the names of 33 of the fallen.
Formerly in St. Augustine’s Shaw Street - CHARLES. H. ABELL, THEODORE. D. ADAMS, GEORGE BARR, JOSEPH BARR, ARTHUR F BEEDHAM, GERALD. O. BOOTH, JOHN CRANK, EDWARD CROSS, R. HENRY DAVIES, BENJAMIN DUCKER, ALFRED FORFAR, FRANK GAINHAM, DAVID. S. GEDDES, JAMES. T. GUY, JOSEPH. W. GUY, HENRY. H. HORNBY, WILLIAM HORNBY, ROBERT HORROCKS, ALBERT. W. JERMY, JOHN. B. JONES, HARRY KEAY, JOSEPH. W. McCOMB, G. ALLAN. McGOUGH, ROBERT MOULD, CHARLES. W. POTTER, PAUL. A. QUINE, HENRY. J. ROPER, THOMAS. W. SHARPLEY, THOMAS SMITH, VINCENT TYNDALL, GEORGE WISEMAN, JAMES WOOLFORD, WALTER WORTHINGTON
Graham Read
St Georges, Heyworth Street, Everton, Liverpool (Part 1)
Designed by Thomas Rickman and built in 1814, it is known as The Iron Church, this is a Grade I listed building. It gained its nickname due to its construction around a cast iron core, an innovation at the time of construction.
Built in perpendicular style with a west tower that includes a 3-faced clock and 3-light bell openings which at the battlements forms one of the highest points in Liverpool, at the top of Everton valley. The cast iron structure is an important early example, the result of the encouragement of John Cragg, owner of the Mersey Iron Foundry, which supplied the lion’s share of the metal used in its construction.
All windows have cast iron tracery. The nave has arcades of cast iron with traceried spandrels. The aisles have galleries with traceried paneled fronts. There is a cast iron traceried roof on iron columns, with arch braces to nave and galleries plus tie rods across width of church. Most of the original stained glass was destroyed in the Second World War.
The Church houses three memorials – a brass plate for St George’s itself, containing a dedication ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH AND PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 with the names of 72 of the fallen.
The second is a wooden plaque from St. Augustine's Church (part 2 )
The third, a small, triangular-headed cast copper plaque with names in relief (apart from one, H Hughes, which is inscribed in black paint) is from Christ Church, Great Homer Street, Everton
William Hornby appears on two of the memorials, St. Georges and St Augustine’s - Second Lieutenant Hornby of The Kings (Liverpool Regiment), No. 1 Coy. 17th Battalion was KIA 12th October 1916 at the age of 23 and is buried in Warlencourt British Cemetery. Being the dutiful son of Archdeacon Phipps John Hornby of St. Michaels-on-Wire, Garstang, Lancashire, maybe explains the need to attend two local churches! He is remembered on the St. Michaels-on-Wyre memorial cross, the roll of honour from Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford and as an employee of Messrs. Wilson, Hiles and Co., Cotton Brokers, Liverpool on The Cotton Exchange war memorial in Liverpool.
St Georges Memorial - ANDERSON. A, ANDERSON. J. W, ANTEN. G, BOHL. W, BOND. J, BRICE. R, BROOKS. H, BUSHEL. J. H, BYRNE. A, CAMM. E, CARLINE. H, CHADWICK. C. H, CHRISTIE. F, CHRISTIE. J, COLE. A, CORKHILL. E, COOKE. R, COOKS. H, DOWNIE. A, ELLIS. W, FELLOWES. E. E, GLENDENNING. J, GLOVER. J, GRIFFITHS. R, HUGHES. H, HOLMES. J, HONESS. A, HORNBY. W, HORNBY. F. C, HORROCKS. E, HOUSTON. T, JENKINS. C, JONES. W, KELLY. C, LEECE. W. H, LITTLE. J. E, LLOYD. E, LUNT. W. J, MAKIN. R, MALAM. J, MATTHEWS. J, MERRICK. T. E, MORTON. H, MORRIS. C. R, MOON. W. T, MOORE, W, MOORE. T, McMILLAN. A, NAUGHTON. W, OULTON. J, POTTER. J, POWNALL. J. A, PRICE. W, PYE. R, SUMMERFIELD. A, SMITH. W. J, TAYLOR. A, TAYLOR. R. J, TIDY. C, TURNER. W, WALKER. B, WALKER. T. E, WALL. R, WELSH. A. A, WESTBURY. P .J, WHITBY. J, WILSON. J. E, WILLIAMS. J, WILLIAMS. J. D, WILLIAMS. W. D, WOODWARD. T, WOODWARD. W
Graham Read
Designed by Thomas Rickman and built in 1814, it is known as The Iron Church, this is a Grade I listed building. It gained its nickname due to its construction around a cast iron core, an innovation at the time of construction.
Built in perpendicular style with a west tower that includes a 3-faced clock and 3-light bell openings which at the battlements forms one of the highest points in Liverpool, at the top of Everton valley. The cast iron structure is an important early example, the result of the encouragement of John Cragg, owner of the Mersey Iron Foundry, which supplied the lion’s share of the metal used in its construction.
All windows have cast iron tracery. The nave has arcades of cast iron with traceried spandrels. The aisles have galleries with traceried paneled fronts. There is a cast iron traceried roof on iron columns, with arch braces to nave and galleries plus tie rods across width of church. Most of the original stained glass was destroyed in the Second World War.
The Church houses three memorials – a brass plate for St George’s itself, containing a dedication ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH AND PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 with the names of 72 of the fallen.
The second is a wooden plaque from St. Augustine's Church (part 2 )
The third, a small, triangular-headed cast copper plaque with names in relief (apart from one, H Hughes, which is inscribed in black paint) is from Christ Church, Great Homer Street, Everton
William Hornby appears on two of the memorials, St. Georges and St Augustine’s - Second Lieutenant Hornby of The Kings (Liverpool Regiment), No. 1 Coy. 17th Battalion was KIA 12th October 1916 at the age of 23 and is buried in Warlencourt British Cemetery. Being the dutiful son of Archdeacon Phipps John Hornby of St. Michaels-on-Wire, Garstang, Lancashire, maybe explains the need to attend two local churches! He is remembered on the St. Michaels-on-Wyre memorial cross, the roll of honour from Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford and as an employee of Messrs. Wilson, Hiles and Co., Cotton Brokers, Liverpool on The Cotton Exchange war memorial in Liverpool.
St Georges Memorial - ANDERSON. A, ANDERSON. J. W, ANTEN. G, BOHL. W, BOND. J, BRICE. R, BROOKS. H, BUSHEL. J. H, BYRNE. A, CAMM. E, CARLINE. H, CHADWICK. C. H, CHRISTIE. F, CHRISTIE. J, COLE. A, CORKHILL. E, COOKE. R, COOKS. H, DOWNIE. A, ELLIS. W, FELLOWES. E. E, GLENDENNING. J, GLOVER. J, GRIFFITHS. R, HUGHES. H, HOLMES. J, HONESS. A, HORNBY. W, HORNBY. F. C, HORROCKS. E, HOUSTON. T, JENKINS. C, JONES. W, KELLY. C, LEECE. W. H, LITTLE. J. E, LLOYD. E, LUNT. W. J, MAKIN. R, MALAM. J, MATTHEWS. J, MERRICK. T. E, MORTON. H, MORRIS. C. R, MOON. W. T, MOORE, W, MOORE. T, McMILLAN. A, NAUGHTON. W, OULTON. J, POTTER. J, POWNALL. J. A, PRICE. W, PYE. R, SUMMERFIELD. A, SMITH. W. J, TAYLOR. A, TAYLOR. R. J, TIDY. C, TURNER. W, WALKER. B, WALKER. T. E, WALL. R, WELSH. A. A, WESTBURY. P .J, WHITBY. J, WILSON. J. E, WILLIAMS. J, WILLIAMS. J. D, WILLIAMS. W. D, WOODWARD. T, WOODWARD. W
Graham Read
Aigburth Cricket Ground, Aigburth Rd, Aigburth, Liverpool L19 3QF
Aigburth Cricket Ground is the home of Liverpool Cricket Club. The club, founded in 1807 it is the oldest amateur sports club in Merseyside. The ground, built in 1880 is the fourth that Liverpool have used. Designed by Thomas Harnett Harrison, the pavilion is the oldest remaining at a first-class cricket ground (hosting its maiden first-class cricket match, a fixture between Lancashire and Cambridge University on the 13th and 14th June 1881. Granted Grade II listed status in June 2023, more than deserving its place on the National Heritage List for England - ensuring the preservation and recognition of a main pavilion that is such a rare survivor of sporting architecture from before the First World War, retaining much of its original intricate and high-quality design.
The club has hosted international teams including Australia and the all-conquering West Indies team of the 1970’s and 80’s when they toured England in 1984, including a visit in 1930 from the great Don Bradman who declared afterwards that Aigburth was one of his favourite grounds in the world.
The ground has been regularly used by Lancashire since the 1950’s. While Old Trafford Cricket Ground was undergoing a renovation in 2011, Lancashire played six matches at Aigburth, the move away from Old Trafford coinciding with Lancashire winning the County Championship for the first time since 1950 and outright for the first time since 1934, with Lancashire inning 4 out of their 6 matches at Aigburth.
The memorial, a large polished oak board with carved dedication and black painted names (Second World War names are inscribed on the apron) contains the names of 71 members of the Cricket & Rugby Football Clubs who died during the Great War, including two members who were awarded one of the nation's highest honours, the Victoria Cross, Captain Noel Chavasse and Lieutenant Eric Stuart Dougall, both of whom have rooms named in their honour in the pavilion. The war memorial also holds the names of more brave souls who served in World War 2. For those interested in Titanic folklore, another notable name in the clubs past membership includes Joseph Bruce Ismay, the owner of the Titanic.
Ainslie M F, Allan W S, Bebbington G A, Beck H C, Blackburn C H, Blease Harvey, Boult R H, Bowring F H, Brunner C H, Buckley E C G, Chamberlain P A, Chavasse N G, Cohan E M, Cohan H M, Coker J C, Cook P H, Cowan E H, Crean J F, Danson F R, Darbyshire V J, Davidson J P, Dougall E S, Dunlop C D H, Edmondson K J, Eills W, Fraser W, Gabrielson M, Garnett H G, Geddes A A, George H St, Graham J, Grant J G, Grundy F W D, Higgins G F, Hughes G F, Jackson R R, James H, Johnson T R, Jones W J, Kendall P D, Lloyd R A, Lloyd R G, Mack A S, Mather E, Mcclelland T, Melly H P, Merewether C Ken, Mill L B, Montgomery H B, Montgomery W S, Nicholson A G, Nisbet J C T, Phillips J A, Poulton-Palmer R W, Radcliffe D, Rathbone A R, Ross J E, Roughton T H, Sergiades J N, Singlehurst R B, Slococ L A N, Smith, W A, Taylor A, Turner F H, Turner W S, Wainwright H C, Warrington F, Williams J R, Wolff J A, Wright P, Wrigley L G.
The memorial is mounted in a room dedicated to the memory of Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse - Victoria Cross and Bar, Military Cross - the most highly decorated British soldier of the First World War. The second VC was awarded posthumously. Captain Chavasse was a medical officer with the Liverpool Scottish - his father was Bishop of Liverpool. There is a framed portrait photo of Chavasse, a miniature replica model of the Abercromby Square statue (which depicts Captain Chavasse with a Liverpool Scottish stretcher-bearer and a casualty) and a copy of his citation from the London Gazette together with a short biography.
Graham Read
Cotton Exchange, Old Hall Street, Liverpool, England.
Liverpool Cotton Exchange Building is an office block in Old Hall Street, Liverpool, a building I have a particular affinity for as my father spent most of his working life there. The commercial building, which originally had a Neoclassical façade (image 1 – the war memorial statue can be seen front center), replaced the 19th-century cotton exchange in Exchange Flags in 1906. Between 1967 and 1969, the building's exterior was given a contemporary mid-20th century design with the Old Hall Street front replaced with a modern-style façade designed by Newton-Dawson, Forbes and Tate, with the former main exchange hall replaced by a courtyard.
Cotton exchange business was originally conducted outdoors on Exchange Flags, behind Liverpool Town Hall with the first Cotton Exchange Building being built in 1808 adjacent to the flags. The present building in Old Hall Street was erected in 1905–06 to a design by Matear and Simon and was officially opened by the Prince and Princess of Wales on 30th November 1906. Costing around £300,000 to build, the opening took place in the company of some 3,000 guests, a testament to the importance, at that time, of the cotton trade to Liverpool and its port. Inside the building was the latest technology for communicating with cotton trading elsewhere in the world, including telephones, and cables linking directly with New York, Bremen and Bombay.
The Cotton Exchange War Memorial was unveiled in its original location at the front of the building (image 2) on the 5th April 1922 by Field Marshal the Earl Haig KT GCB OM GCVO KCIE.
Sculptured by Francis Derwent Wood, the memorial shows an infantry soldier, in steel helmet striding resolutely forward, bearing his rifle (the fixed bayonet sadly no longer) in both hands before him. The original name plaque has been lost but has been replaced and carries the names of those employed here who gave their lives (some 2500 men enlisted from the Cotton Exchange, confirming how important the cotton industry was, particularly to Liverpool at the beginning of the 20th Century). The Bishop of Liverpool (Dr.F.J.Chavasse), father of double VC winner Noel, pronounced a dedicatory sentence and offered prayer, the service concluding with the sounding of the ‘Last Post’ & ‘Reveille’ by a bugle party of King’s Liverpool Regiment.
The building was home to Liverpool's registrar's office and coroner's courts up until January 2012 and to here, opposite the entrance in the courtyard (sadly hidden from view off the main road) the Cotton Exchange War Memorial was relocated (images 3, 4 & 5) when the exterior redesign took place including the original statue and unveiling plaque but with the original marble name plaques replaced with a plastic version.
On the closure of the office, the statue moved to its current location in Exchange Flags (image 6) outside the workplace of our Chairperson Peter Threlfall. The original dedication plaque replaced and no new name plaque added. The plastic name plaque and original dedication plaque were destined for the scrap heap until rescued by Pete and passed to me and our now proudly mounted in my garden (images 6 & 7).
Addison R, Alcock H, Allmark W, Almond J S, Alsop L, Alty R, Asbur, R, Ashcroft J, Bailey J O, Banks T B, Barber L J, Barclay E C, Bardswell H A, Barrow C F, Bazett A H, Bean J G, Beatie J R, Beckett F P, Beec, H V, Beeston J B, Bellis C M, Bickley H G, Bird G T, Bird T, Blackburn E, Blackburn F, Bloore R H, Bottomley W, Boult R H S, Boulton G, Bouzerand R, Boyd A, Bradley P B, Breckenridge E P, Bridger H E L, Bridgford S L, Brock J, Brodey A J B, Brown A, Brown D, Brown D Mcc, Brown F S, Buckingham J B, Bullen W, Bullen W F, Burns, A, Bury S W, Byrne J, Cain J A, Campbell M D, Canavan E, Capey T L, Cardwell F, Carver H Q, Clarke H A, Cleaton R, Clifton G, Coates G W, Coddington C E, Coe J D, Cook H, Cotton E B, Crosby J, Cuddy G, Cullen J, Davidson W, Davies A, Davies E, Davies E W, Davies G L, Davies W J, Dawson W J, Dean L, De Knoop J J J, Dickinson J E, Dix W, Dixon J G, Donal R, Donovan R J, Duncan H J, Dunning E, Durnall J, Duvivier, P, Eardley J, Eccles E, Edgar F M, Edwards W H, Elmslie J L, Emblen D F, Evans N E, Ewing H G, Fairclough G, Fairclough R J, Faris S J, Flack F, Fletcher W R, Flood J, Fraser A, Freestone H, Friend E D, Garnett J A, Gastrell C H, Gee E T, Gibson B, Gittins B, Glover H O, Grace H, Green G, Greer R, Gregory H V, Griffiths T A, Griffiths W, Grocot W, Guile H W, Hadfield E, Hale F R, Hall F, Hamlin T H, Hannah J G, Harris A S, Harris S, Harriso J H, Harvey, H W, Haughton C S, Hay J, Heffernan M J, Henshaw A J, Henwood A E, Hermon-hodge J P, Hickson A S, Higginbotham C F, Higgins G F, Higgins H V, Hilton A, Hilton J, Hinde H E, Hinde K, Hindle A H, Hoare,R, Hodgson F J, Hodgson T, Hodgson W J, Holdford L B, Horbury G S, Hornby W, Horner W A, Hughes T M, Hughes T M S, Hunt T H, Huntley T E, Jeffries E, Johnston D, Jones A F, Jones F E, Jones J F, Jones R, Kelly J, Kelly J S, Kendall E H, Kendall J, Kennedy P, Kenolty W, Kewley J, King L R T, Kitchen H, Kitwood, H, Lamb G, Lancaster P, Lawton E R, Lawton W, Laycock E M, Leather J A, Lee H, Lee J C, Leigh A, Letheren C V, Lewis F E, Lewis H, Lewis J, Lewis L, Lewis T R, Leyland F, L'hermitte M H A, Litchfield J, Locker A, Lockett W H, Lowe A T, Luke A N, Mahon O S W, Mallinson R D, Mare, A L, Massam J, Mather E, Mather R, Mcallister A, Mcardle R, Mcconnan G, Mcculloch K, Mcdowell G, Mcgowan W, Mcgowan W F, Mclachlan J, Mclaughlin A, Mcnicol J, Millard S H, Minoprio W H, Morris F, Mounfield J C, Multineux J P, Murphy A A H, Neal J P, Nicholson A G, Nicholson E J, Nicholson H H (junior), Nickle G, Nimmo K P, O'connor A, Owen F E, Owens F G, Parkinson O W, Partridge J, Partridge, O, Paton M B, Paul A E, Pearson A J, Phillips E S, Phillips T, Pierce J L, Pilling J L, Poggi R, Politaki G P, Porritt E R, Porter H M, Porter W, Powell A, Prentice T A, Price C, Pritchard J, Pritchard R H, Proctor O, Quilliam J D, Ralphe S C, Raschen J G, Rathbone A R, Ravenscroft G, Rees T, Reeve T W, Reid F J, Reid W A, Richards F, Ries H F, Roberts A, Roberts A E, Roberts R, Roberts R W, Roberts W H, Robertson A G, Rooke E C, Ross J E, Roughton T H, Rowan A H, Rowan M H, Rowland W H, Rowley G, Royden T U, Rule S C, Sachs R D, Salisbury R C, Sanders T W, Sandham J, Scarff, G E, Schwartz, C H Von, Scott D H, Sharp B, Sharpe H S, Shaw V C, Shepherd G F, Showell C H, Singleton E, Slater F J, Slater W, Sloan N, Sloan T A, Slocock L A N, Smethurst J, Smith A W, Smith C L, Smith J, Smith S W, Smith W T, Smitton W, Snell C H, Somerville P T, Spencer G A, Stewart J, St George H E, Stone G B, Stoner A E, Sumner G, Syson L, Tallentire A, Taylor L, Terry D, Thomas H, Thomas J P, Thomas W O, Thompson G E, Thornton F J, Tipton R J, Tolman C, Tozer H G, Tracey W, Trench F P L P, Truman H, Turner J Twentyman A, Tyrer H, Waldron L, Warburton E D, Warrington G, Warrington H, Warvig H, Webster J R, Webster W H C, Weir C G, White P, Wilkinson J, Williams A, Williams F, Williams G, Williams R K, Williams T H, Williams W, Williams W L, Williams W R, Willis J, Willis J G, Wilson F, Wilson H, Wilson J E, Wilson J H, Wilson N E, Wilson W B, Wiseman G, Wolstenholme G M, Wolstenholme R F, Wood J, Wood J, Woods A R, Wright A S, Wright A W, Wright N G, Wright P V, Wright W A, Yates A H, Yates J, Young H G, Zacharias F H.
Graham Read
Crawford's Biscuits Liverpool Binns Road, Liverpool L7 9NF
Crawford's started as a Scottish baker of ship's biscuits in a public house on The Shore, Leith in 1813. William Crawford & Sons established large factories in Leith and Liverpool so that, at its peak, it was one of Britain's largest biscuit manufacturers and claimed to be its oldest. The company was acquired by United Biscuits in 1960 and is now a brand within their portfolio. In 1897, two younger brothers, Archibald Inglis Crawford and James Shields Russel Crawford, were sent to establish a subsidiary in Australia. They got as far as the major English port of Liverpool in England where they established a major new factory. This huge factory, the Fairfield Works, stands on Binns Road and was designed by their brother, the architect Alexander Hunter Crawford in 1895, taking two years to build. The Liverpool factory was highly mechanized, allowing creation of more elaborate biscuit designs, in particular the Custard cream which promptly became one of Britain's most popular biscuits. The Fairfield factory made snack bars including Penguin & 54321.
The memorial contains the names of 70 employees who died during the Great War from the Edinburgh and Liverpool factories and London offices.
Addis E, Alexander A, Beatson F, Birnie J, Bond W H, Brown A, Brown G, Bryce W, Buchan R, Carberry W, Carlton J W, Chalmers W, Connor J C, Cornfoot D, Coutts A, Davies H, Dickson J, Dymock T, Ellicot E, Ellis J, Falconer G, Fell J W, Good J, Gray J, Guy J, Hart A, Hazell A, Hodges F O, Hogg J, Holbrooke H S, Hughes A, Jeffrey P, Jennings J, Johnstone G, Johnstone T, Jones J, Kenyon, J, Levatino C, Lister W, Mackenzie F E, Manson M, Mccarthey B, Mclennan D, Mcloughlin J, Miller C J, Moodie A, Murphy W, Murray E, Oakes J G F, Paton G, Pearson T S, Pierce S Podmore T, Robertson J W, Rose T, Rowlands D C, Russell W, Rutter J, Sanderson D, Scholfield D, Scott D, Scott G, Simmon F, Smith W, Stark W, Stevens H, Wastle W, Waterworth H, Willman, W B Wilson, G.
Graham Read
OGDENS IMPERIAL TOBACCO CO LTD, Boundary Lane, Anfield, Liverpool, England
Ogden's Tobacco Company was an English company specializing in tobacco products, founded in 1860 by Thomas Ogden who opened a small retail store in Park Lane, Liverpool, quickly establishing more branches throughout Liverpool and then a factory on St. James Street in 1866. By 1890, Thomas Ogden had six factories in Liverpool. Then in 1901, the American Tobacco Company bought Ogden's factory for £818,000. In 1902, with the establishment of the Imperial Tobacco Company, Odgen's Tobacco was back in British hands.
The company remained in business until the 1960's. Half of the main factory was demolished sometime around the 1980s to make way for a new building for the site's new owners Imperial Tobacco Limited. They closed the site's doors in 2007.
In 2016 the factory was demolished to make way for housing while the iconic Grade II listed Clock Tower (Image 1) was converted into 19 Apartments which were completed in 2019.
The memorial contains a separate brass plaque mounted onto a wooden backboard to the memory of 3 members of staff, Reuben Stanley Wallis, George Ernest Grant & Edward James Onions – Members of the staff of this branch who gave the lives in the Great War 1914-1918 plus a roll of honour containing the names of 47 employees of the Liverpool Branches of Imperial Tobacco Company Limited who gave their lives for their country of which there are 2 images - the first (Image 2) shows the wooden backboard which was mounted in the factory but a weathered image also exists (Image 3) showing the brass plaques mounted outdoors on a stone plinth.
Graham Read