War Memorial - Ainsdale, Merseyside, England


	True love by life - True love by death - is tried: Live thou for England We for England died.

Greater love hath no man than this
that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Erected by the residents
as a mark of respect and affection.

E. Ball
L. Ball
N. Barron
H. Bates
C. Blandy
J. Charters
W. Clarke
A. Drummond
R. Eccles
J. Fletcher
T. Green
N. Hackett
F. Harrison
W. Hodgkinson

W. Holden
E. Houghton
W. Jackson
W. Jenkins
T. Little
P. Lloyd
F. Makinson
W. Marshall
R. McLaren
A. Nixon
R. Pinnington
A. Prescott
G. Rimmer
G. Rushworth
H. Sawyer

R. Shaw
W. Snowden
J. Summer
R. Sutton
R. Sutton
T. Sutton
W. Taylor
G. Thompson
S. Wall
W. Wall
H. Whittaker
E. Williams
J. Wilson
A. Wyatt


	Sister Stella Blandy joined the QAIMNSR in 1912. She served in France, and then was sent to Palestine, from where she was discharged in December 1918. She died in the flu epidemic at home in January 1919 and now lies next to her brother in Birkdale Cemetery. QAIMNSR = Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

Some additional panels were added a few years ago:

1914 - 1919

E. Aughton
F. J. C. Elkes
H. Hawthorne
H. Hawxby
H. Hilton
A. B. Tough
R. H. S. Wilkinson

R. F. N. Allison
J. A. Buckley
P. Clayton
S. G. Coyne
D. A. Halsall

1939 - 1945

J. A. Heap
A. L. Irwin
L. M. Jackson
J. King

H. Kipling
H. Lloyd
T. R. Meggitt
F. Nelson
H. E. Newton

R. Norris
H. Rhodes
F. Rimmer
T. C. Scarisbrick
K. Sharrock

1939 - 1945

C. C. Simmons
D. C. Stone
H. Sweet
L. N. Thompson

S. A. Weeks
C. G. White
D. J. B. White
M. Wilkinson
J. P. Zacharias

Afghanistan

Mike D. Gilyeat, Corporal

Killed along with five U.S. soldiers and a Canadian soldier when a CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter was shot down by Taliban fighters in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan on May 30, 2007

This page is dedicated to the 10 million victims of World War I and 60 million victims of World War II.
We should always remember the immense grief and loss each war brought to the world.