Men Commemorated at the Parkgate and Neston United Reformed Church

Inside the church, a marble plaque is located on the north wall of the nave, close to the steps leading to the chancel. The plaque, of marble or fine limestone, is incised with letters highlighted in black and is flanked by two fluted and scrolled pillars, of ionic style, in relief. The names are not alphabetical.

The whole plaque is mounted on a rectangular mount of grey-veined marble. Of the seven names commemorated, two (William S. Towert and J. Maxwell Hampson) are commemorated also at Neston Parish Church.

(Please click on the names below to read more about the men who died)

JAMES E. ANDERSON

WALTER BRIDSON

WILLIAM S. TOWERT

J.MAXWELL HAMPSON

WILLIAM NIVEN

KENNETH M.C. SMYTH

WILLIAM G. R. BUTCHER

They died that we might live, –
Hail! – And Farewell!
– All honour give
To those who, nobly striving, nobly fell,
That we might live!
That we might live they died, –
Hail! – And Farewell!
– Their courage tried,
By every mean device of treacherous hate,
Like Kings they died.
Eternal honour give, –
Hail! – And Farewell! –
– To those who died,
In that full splendour of heroic pride,
That we might live
“Hail! – And Farewell!”

William Arthur Dunkerley (John Oxenham)
(1852 – 1941)