Hoylake and West Kirby War Memorial

Hoylake and West Kirby War Memorial

Infobox Military Memorial
name=Hoylake and West Kirby War Memorial
country=United Kingdom


caption=
commemorates=the men and women of West Kirby and Hoylake who died in World Wars I and II
unveiled= 16 December 1922
coordinates=coord|53.375327|N|3.175392|W|display=inline,title
nearest_town=West Kirby, Merseyside
designer=Charles Sargeant Jagger
inscription=

The Hoylake and West Kirby War Memorial is a 11.5-meter-high, granite four-sided obelisk which stands on Grange Hill, West Kirby, Merseyside. It was designed by British sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger (1885-1934), who also designed the Royal Artillery Memorial at Hyde Park Corner in London. It commemorates the men and women of West Kirby and Hoylake who gave their lives in World Wars I and II.

On two sides of the obelisk stand bronze figures symbolising war and peace. On the west face is a figure of a robed woman holding a baby, a wreath of poppies and broken manacles. On the east face stands a British infantry soldier dressed for winter and standing guard with standard issue .303 rifle, bayonet fixed, a gas mask, water bottle, putties and his helmet pushed off the back of his head, and a German helmet at his feetcite news
url=http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/LL/MSWR0070.htm
title=War Memorial (Hoylake and West Kirby War Memorial)
publisher=Public Monument and Sculpture Association
date=
accessdate=2007-07-12 ] .

Inscriptions around the base read :

The Memorial is in the care of Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.

A recasting of the soldier figure now forms part of the Drivers and Wipers Memorial at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australiacite web
url=http://www.shrine.org.au/files/documents/background-information.pdf
title=The Driver and Wipers Memorial
publisher=Shrine of Remembrance Education Program
date=
accessdate=2007-07-09 ] .

External links

* [http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Charles_Sargeant_Jagger._Sculptor_(1885-1934)#The_Hoylake_Memorial The Hoylake Memorial] - National Archives

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