Lathom Park Remount Depot

[PaulC78]

This is a new memorial at Lathom in Lancashire commemorating the Lathom Park Remount Depot that was in use from 1914 to 1919. I actually took these pictures mid-March after it was unveiled but never got round to posting them.

 

 

[PaulC78]

A close up of the inscription, since the gold lettering is difficult to read unless you're right up close to it...

 

 

 

[Dai Bach y Sowldiwr]

Thanks for posting.

As you say, dreadful shame that the mismatch between the colour of the lettering and the texture of the stone renders the memorial so hard to read.

[MikeyH]

Some years ago I picked up in Southport tourist info. a leaflet re. Lathom, this showed

the route that the horses would have taken heading for Liverpool and their

overseas postings.  

 

Mike.

  

[Guest]

My Great Grandfather George Lawrence served here during WW1, an accomplished horseman who had previously served in the Royal Field Artillery in the Boer War. He is captured on the below picture (4 from the left as you look at the picture) taken in 1915, looking at the camera sporting a striking moustache. He also won the attached medal for Artillery Driving.