Memorial to fallen

Mar 16 2006

By Paula Owens, Bootle Times

A GREEN memorial stone is to be erected in Bootle on St Patrick's Day to commemorate the lives of Irish soldiers who have died in action. The marble wedge, measuring 3ft by 2ft, will stand in King's Gardens as a permanent reminder of the wartime sacrifices made by thousands of men. Jimmy Kavanagh, 59, from Park Lane in Netherton, is one of a group that has been campaigning for the memorial. The retired dock worker and former soldier said: "I am ecstatic and emotional to see this come to fruition. At last we have got this recognition." Individual names will not be engraved on the stone, but an inscription will simply read, 'Dedicated to the Irish people that served in all the armed forces and merchant navy'. Story continues ADVERTISEMENT Jimmy, who served in Northern Ireland for five years in the 1960s, was not involved in a conflict. However, his family has a history of armed service, with his father fighting in World War II and his grandfather in World War I and the Boer War. He said: "This has great cultural importance for Bootle's Irish community."

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