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Causeway Close, WIRRAL, CH62 5DR

Looking past the 1921 war memorial to the junction of Queen Mary's Drive and The Causeway.

Port Sunlight is a model village and 'Conservation Area' on the Wirral Peninsula between Lower Bebington and New Ferry. Construction began in 1888; today the village comprises 900 Grade II listed buildings. Named after the popular brand of "Sunlight Soap", Port Sunlight was built by William Hesketh Lever (later Lord Leverhulme) for the employees of Lever Brothers soap factory (now part of Unilever). Lever personally helped to plan the village and employed nearly thirty different architects in its design. Between 1899 and 1914, 800 houses with a population of 3,500 were built, together with allotments and public buildings, including the Lady Lever Art Gallery, a cottage hospital, schools, a concert hall, open air swimming pool, church, and a temperance hotel. Lever also introduced schemes for welfare, education and the entertainment of his workers, and encouraged recreation and organisations which promoted art, literature, science or music. Port Sunlight Village is delightful to stroll around, and its Lady Lever Art Gallery and nearby Museum are well worth visiting.

A distinctive, and possibly unique, war memorial. Tall cross on octagonal podium with eleven surrounding figures and twelve relief panels. Sculptures depict the defence of the home, with freestanding figures - three soldiers, two women and six children. Surrounding the base there are four round-headed, high-relief panels depicting different forces in action- Red Cross (ambulance men with wounded soldiers), Land(gunners), Sea (sailors) and Air Force. At the end of each set of steps, there are two high-relief panels with four children (two boys and two girls) offering a wreath to the soldier as a sign of gratitude. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/1278

Port Sunlight, so named after the famous brand of "Sunlight Soap", is a model village and 'Conservation Area' on the Wirral Peninsula between Lower Bebington and New Ferry. It was the brainchild of Lord Leverhulme, who built the Village to house the employees of Lever Brothers. Its fine war memorial, by Sir William Goscombe John R.A.., lies at the end of a long tree-lined boulevard at the far end of which is the Lady Lever Art Gallery (1922). Lord Lever was anxious to erect a memorial to those from the Port Sunlight area who fell in the Great War. In 1917, he commissioned Goscombe John to translate his dream into reality. The result was a huge stone mound with a central cross representing English village life, surrounded by a series of bronze statues and reliefs with the theme being "in defence of home and country". The project was completed in 1921, and in keeping with all that Lever ever stood for, the opening ceremony was performed by two Lever Brother's employees. Thus The Times on 5th December, 1921 . . . . "Ex-Sergeant Eames, an old employee of Lever Brothers, who was blinded at the first battle of the Somme, unveiled at Port Sunlight on Saturday a war memorial to 481 members of Lever's and associated companies who fell during the war. Eames was selected by ballot of his comrades for the honour, and he was guided to his position by Private Cruikshank, V.C. The memorial is placed in the centre of the village and is the work of Sir W. Goscombe John. Services were held in all churches in the district and the congregations marched in procession to the memorial. Lord Leverhulme gave an address."

Port Sunlight, so named after the famous brand of "Sunlight Soap", is a model village and 'Conservation Area' on the Wirral Peninsula between Lower Bebington and New Ferry. It was the brainchild of Lord Leverhulme, who built the Village to house the employees of Lever Brothers. Its fine war memorial, by Sir William Goscombe John R.A.., lies at the end of a long tree-lined boulevard at the far end of which is the Lady Lever Art Gallery (1922). Lord Lever was anxious to erect a memorial to those from the Port Sunlight area who fell in the Great War. In 1917, he commissioned Goscombe John to translate his dream into reality. The result was a huge stone mound with a central cross representing English village life, surrounded by a series of bronze statues and reliefs with the theme being "in defence of home and country". The project was completed in 1921, and in keeping with all that Lever stood for, the opening ceremony was performed by two Lever Brother's employees. Thus The Times on 5th December, 1921 . . . . "Ex-Sergeant Eames, an old employee of Lever Brothers, who was blinded at the first battle of the Somme, unveiled at Port Sunlight on Saturday a war memorial to 481 members of Lever's and associated companies who fell during the war. Eames was selected by ballot of his comrades for the honour, and he was guided to his position by Private Cruikshank, V.C. The memorial is placed in the centre of the village and is the work of Sir W. Goscombe John. Services were held in all churches in the district and the congregations marched in procession to the memorial. Lord Leverhulme gave an address."

Port Sunlight, so named after the famous brand of "Sunlight Soap", is a model village and 'Conservation Area' on the Wirral Peninsula between Lower Bebington and New Ferry. It was the brainchild of Lord Leverhulme, who built the Village to house the employees of Lever Brothers. Its fine war memorial, by Sir William Goscombe John R.A.., lies at the end of a long tree-lined boulevard at the far end of which is the Lady Lever Art Gallery (1922). Lord Lever was anxious to erect a memorial to those from the Port Sunlight area who fell in the Great War. In 1917, he commissioned Goscombe John to translate his dream into reality. The result was a huge stone mound with a central cross representing English village life, surrounded by a series of bronze statues and reliefs with the theme being "in defence of home and country". The project was completed in 1921, and in keeping with all that Lever stood for, the opening ceremony was performed by two Lever Brother's employees. Thus The Times on 5th December, 1921 . . . . "Ex-Sergeant Eames, an old employee of Lever Brothers, who was blinded at the first battle of the Somme, unveiled at Port Sunlight on Saturday a war memorial to 481 members of Lever's and associated companies who fell during the war. Eames was selected by ballot of his comrades for the honour, and he was guided to his position by Private Cruikshank, V.C. The memorial is placed in the centre of the village and is the work of Sir W. Goscombe John. Services were held in all churches in the district and the congregations marched in procession to the memorial. Lord Leverhulme gave an address."

Port Sunlight, so named after the famous brand of "Sunlight Soap", is a model village and 'Conservation Area' on the Wirral Peninsula between Lower Bebington and New Ferry. It was the brainchild of Lord Leverhulme, who built the Village to house the employees of Lever Brothers. Its fine war memorial, by Sir William Goscombe John R.A.., lies at the end of a long tree-lined boulevard at the far end of which is the Lady Lever Art Gallery (1922). Lord Lever was anxious to erect a memorial to those from the Port Sunlight area who fell in the Great War. In 1917, he commissioned Goscombe John to translate his dream into reality. The result was a huge stone mound with a central cross representing English village life, surrounded by a series of bronze statues and reliefs with the theme being "in defence of home and country". The project was completed in 1921, and in keeping with all that Lever stood for, the opening ceremony was performed by two Lever Brother's employees. Thus The Times on 5th December, 1921 . . . . "Ex-Sergeant Eames, an old employee of Lever Brothers, who was blinded at the first battle of the Somme, unveiled at Port Sunlight on Saturday a war memorial to 481 members of Lever's and associated companies who fell during the war. Eames was selected by ballot of his comrades for the honour, and he was guided to his position by Private Cruikshank, V.C. The memorial is placed in the centre of the village and is the work of Sir W. Goscombe John. Services were held in all churches in the district and the congregations marched in procession to the memorial. Lord Leverhulme gave an address."

Port Sunlight, so named after the famous brand of "Sunlight Soap", is a model village and 'Conservation Area' on the Wirral Peninsula between Lower Bebington and New Ferry. It was the brainchild of Lord Leverhulme, who built the Village to house the employees of Lever Brothers. Its fine war memorial, by Sir William Goscombe John R.A.., lies at the end of a long tree-lined boulevard at the far end of which is the Lady Lever Art Gallery (1922). Lord Lever was anxious to erect a memorial to those from the Port Sunlight area who fell in the Great War. In 1917, he commissioned Goscombe John to translate his dream into reality. The result was a huge stone mound with a central cross representing English village life, surrounded by a series of bronze statues and reliefs with the theme being "in defence of home and country". The project was completed in 1921, and in keeping with all that Lever stood for, the opening ceremony was performed by two Lever Brother's employees. Thus The Times on 5th December, 1921 . . . . "Ex-Sergeant Eames, an old employee of Lever Brothers, who was blinded at the first battle of the Somme, unveiled at Port Sunlight on Saturday a war memorial to 481 members of Lever's and associated companies who fell during the war. Eames was selected by ballot of his comrades for the honour, and he was guided to his position by Private Cruikshank, V.C. The memorial is placed in the centre of the village and is the work of Sir W. Goscombe John. Services were held in all churches in the district and the congregations marched in procession to the memorial. Lord Leverhulme gave an address."

Port Sunlight, so named after the famous brand of "Sunlight Soap", is a model village and 'Conservation Area' on the Wirral Peninsula between Lower Bebington and New Ferry. It was the brainchild of Lord Leverhulme, who built the Village to house the employees of Lever Brothers. Its fine war memorial, by Sir William Goscombe John R.A.., lies at the end of a long tree-lined boulevard at the far end of which is the Lady Lever Art Gallery (1922). Lord Lever was anxious to erect a memorial to those from the Port Sunlight area who fell in the Great War. In 1917, he commissioned Goscombe John to translate his dream into reality. The result was a huge stone mound with a central cross representing English village life, surrounded by a series of bronze statues and reliefs with the theme being "in defence of home and country". The project was completed in 1921, and in keeping with all that Lever stood for, the opening ceremony was performed by two Lever Brother's employees. Thus The Times on 5th December, 1921 . . . . "Ex-Sergeant Eames, an old employee of Lever Brothers, who was blinded at the first battle of the Somme, unveiled at Port Sunlight on Saturday a war memorial to 481 members of Lever's and associated companies who fell during the war. Eames was selected by ballot of his comrades for the honour, and he was guided to his position by Private Cruikshank, V.C. The memorial is placed in the centre of the village and is the work of Sir W. Goscombe John. Services were held in all churches in the district and the congregations marched in procession to the memorial. Lord Leverhulme gave an address."