A NEW memorial to commemorate the end of the First World War has been unveiled in Lymm.

A service of dedication took place at Limefield Avenue the day before Armistice Day.

Lymm Parish Council decided to mark the occasion by locating a memorial stone to remember the students from Lymm Grammar School who lost their lives in the First World War.

Chairman of the parish council, Cllr Anna Fradgley welcomed people to the ceremony.

She said, “Parish councils like ours were encouraged by central government to commemorate this occasion in some way and we obtained a grant via Warrington Borough Council for this.

“The parish council also provided some funding. We decided the best place to locate it was alongside the memorial stone that remembers the students from Lymm Grammar School who lost their lives in the war.

“We will be planting poppy seeds around the stone and the plaque and we want to set up a small ‘Friends’ Group of local residents who will work with our Environment team to keep the area tidy.”

Father Michael Burgess, from St Peter’s Church, led the service of dedication assisted by Reverend Beverley Jameson from St Mary’s Church. Tony Bone, the President of Lymm Royal British Legion, read out the names of the 11 fallen students and Dennis Thomason laid a wreath on behalf of the Grammar School Old Students’ Association.

The avenue of 11 lime trees was planted sometime after 1918 and links what is now Limefield Avenue with the path that runs down the side of The Crescent.

One tree is no longer there so there are only 10 now.