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After three years of fundraising by members of the Noel Chavasse VC Memorial Association the statue has finally been completed as a result of donations from ordinary people, local businesses, Regimental and other Associations

Bill Sergeant with portrait of Chavasse

Bill Sergeant QPM, Chairman of the Noel Chavasse VC Memorial Association said

“The statue called ‘Liverpool’s Heroes’ is not just about Chavasse, he features prominently because he won two Victoria Crosses in the First World War. Around the base we are commemorating fifteen others who were born in Liverpool and won the Victoria Cross.

“The significance is that some of these men earned the VC 150 years ago and there has never been a memorial to any of them or those from WWI”.

The first five VCs were earned during the Indian Mutiny in 1857 and the last in 1917 during World War I and representatives from the families of those commemorated will be in attendance for the unveiling.

A model of the Liverpool Heroes Memorial

The service will be conducted jointly by The Reverend John Williams MBE, Chaplain to the Forces and The Very Reverend Paul Chavasse a descendent of Noel Chavasse and will feature Pipes and Drums of the Liverpool Scottish Association. Civic and Military dignitaries will also be in attendance.

The memorial which depicts Captain Chavasse and a Liverpool Scottish stretcher bearer attending a wounded soldier will be located at a temporary site at Abercromby Square, Liverpool University for three years until a permanent site is found.

The unveiling will take place at 1.30pm on Sunday 17 August 2008, Abercromby Square.