Morecambe and Heysham War Memorial

Morecambe and Heysham War Memorial
The Morecambe and Heysham Memorial

The Morecambe and Heysham War Memorial stands on the Promenade at Morecambe, Lancashire.

It has two inscriptions in black lettering:-

One reads:-

1914-1919/TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF MORECAMBE/WHO FELL IN WORLD WAR 1/THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/(NAMES)

The second reads:-

1939-1945/IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF MORECAMBE AND HEYSHAM WHO DIED IN WORLD WAR II/(NAMES)

The memorial remembers 216 men who died in the First World War, 180 in the Second World War and 1 in the Korean War.

Closer view of the lion atop the memorial


Reference

Coordinates: 54°04′21″N 2°52′21″W / 54.07261°N 2.87244°W / 54.07261; -2.87244


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