Banks War Memorial
Churchyard of the Church of St Stephen in the Banks, Church Road, Banks, Lancashire, PR9 8ET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1439173
- Date first listed:
- 31-Oct-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Banks War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of the Church of St Stephen in the Banks, Church Road, Banks, Lancashire, PR9 8ET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1439173
- Date first listed:
- 31-Oct-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Banks War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard of the Church of St Stephen in the Banks, Church Road, Banks, Lancashire, PR9 8ET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of the Church of St Stephen in the Banks, Church Road, Banks, Lancashire, PR9 8ET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- West Lancashire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- North Meols
- National Grid Reference:
- SD3901520944
Summary
First World War memorial with further names added after the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Banks War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a simple yet dignified granite Latin cross.
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
One such memorial was raised at Banks as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community, who lost their lives in the First World War. It commemorates 19 local servicemen who fell during the First World War.
Following the Second World War, a dedication was added to commemorate the 12 fallen of that conflict.
Details
MATERIALS: granite.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial is 2.5 metres in height and consists of a Latin cross set upon on a square shaft on a three-stepped plinth. The plinth stands on a simple square base.
The S face bears the First World War dedication and names in incised and painted lead letters with the dedication running across the upper two steps of the plinth and the names on the deeper, lower step of the plinth.
On the top step of the plinth the inscription reads: "THEIR NAME / LIVETH / FOR EVERMORE." The middle step of the plinth reads: IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE / MEN OF BANKS / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918.
The western plinth face bears the Second World War commemoration in incised and painted lead letters with the dedication on the middle step and the names on the lowest step. On the western face, on the middle step of the plinth is inscribed the following dedication: ALSO IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF BANKS WHO / DIED AS A RESULT OF / WORLD WAR II 1939 - 45. This is followed by the names inscribed on the lower step of the plinth.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 2 February 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 21 July 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/54991
War Memorials Online, accessed 2 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/173695
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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