Toxteth Park Municipal Cemetery Inscriptions

Large upright square grey marble column on a tiered base, surmounted by a draped urn. In / loving memory of / Caleb BATESON, / born 12th February 1856, / died 29th June 1909. / *I will lift up mine eyes / unto the hills.* Psalm CXXI. / Also Elizabeth BATESON, / dearly beloved wife of / the above Caleb BATESON, / born 3rd November 1856, / fell asleep 21st March 1947. / Also / Edith Hilda, / daughter of the above, / passed away 27th February 1968. / *The Lord is my Shepherd.* / Lilian Clarice (Flossie) / 17th March 1982. // BATESON

Large upright grey marble, straight top, square shoulders, rough-caste surround. Sacred / to the memory of / Thomas McCLELLAND, / who died 18th March 1922, / aged 74 years. / Also Margaret, his wife / who died 6th February 1933, / aged 76 years. / Also Marion McCLELLAND, / who died 2nd July 1895, / aged 7 years. / Also / 2nd Lieutenant Thomas McCLELLAND, / 7th Battn King’s Liverpool Regiment / who was killed in action 16th May 1915 / at Festubert and was buried / in Richebourg, St Vaast, France. / Aged 22 years. / Also / Frances Nelson, / who died 17th April 1944 / aged 60 years. / Eric, born 1st July 1902, / died 2nd August 1965 / in Buenos Aires, dear husband of Mary. / Also Caroline Beatrice McCLELLAND who died 24th May 1973, aged 95 years. / Helen Dorothy WILSON daughter of Thomas McCLELLAND / died 28th November 1975, aged 84 years. / Ralph Fellowes infant son of Lionel Ernest and Dorothy WILSON / died 18th January 1923, aged 3 days.

Three white stone tiers, one large, broken Celtic cross lying nearby. In loving memory / William BENNET, / born 23rd May 1841, / died 27th February 1912. / Also Annie Kincaid, / wife of above / born 30th March 1847, / died 9th February 1920. // Maude St BENNET, / died 1st January 1891, / aged 11 years. / *A little child shall lead them.* / Isaiah. XI.6.

Three white stone tiers with a cross. Sacred to the memory of / Helen Marjory, / daughter of / John and Helen Margaret RANKIN, / born 21st March 1883, died 5th March 1888. / *And with the morn those angel faces smile, / which we have loved long since and lost awhile.* / John RANKIN, / born 14th February 1845, died 23rd December 1928. / Helen Margaret RANKIN, / born 15th August 1849, died 2nd August 1937. // In memory of / Margaret HART, / faithful friend / and nurse in the family of / John RANKIN for 36 years, / died 16th March 1916, aged 87. // James Stuart RANKIN / second son of / the late John RANKIN / of St Michael’s Hamlet Liverpool / who died 20th October 1960.

Large upright sand-stone Celtic cross on a tiered base. In loving memory of / Mary, / the dearly loved wife of / Robert Allen BRANNIGAN M.D. / born 18. May 1853, died 19. May 1913. / Also Robert Allen BRANNIGAN M.D. / died at Granada 30. March 1922, aged 71, / and was interred at Malaga. / His servants shall serve him, and they shall see his face.

Large upright white stone Celtic cross on a tiered base. In / loving memory / of / John TURNER, / (Glasgow) / born June 1850, died July 1914. / Also of William Angus TURNER, / son of the above, / born June 1880, died May 1931. / Also Bessie TURNER, his wife, / born 24th July 1858, died 6th January 1949.

Three white stone tiers, broken cross propped up in front. In / loving memory of / Eric Hamilton COWAN, / Lieut. R.G.A. / died 28th February 1916, aged 21 years. / Also Denis Walker COWAN, Lieut. R.F.A. / died 2nd Nov. 1918, aged 20 years. // Also / George Henry COWAN, / died 15th May 1921, / in his 67th year. / Also / Nina Ada, / wife of above / died 12th May 1934, in her 75th year.

Three grey stone tiers with a cross. In glorious memory / James Gibson GRANT / 2nd Lieut. L’pool Scottish / son of / the late J. A. S. GRANT Bey, of Cairo, / and of Florence Sabina his wife. / Died of illness contracted on active service / February 19. 1919, in his 28th year. // Also of / Mary Florence GRANT / their elder daughter / died Feb. 3rd 1927 / in her 34th year / at Assouan, Egypt, / where she rests. // Also of / Florence Sabina / widow of / Dr. J. A. S. GRANT and daughter / of Thomas GIBSON / of Liverpool, / died June 24th 1946 / in her 89th year.

Large upright square grey marble column on a tiered base, surmounted by a cross. In loving memory / of / my dear husband / William James SULIS, / who was called away / on the 15th December 1908, / aged 53 years. / He only sleepeth. / Also Jessie / dearly loved wife of above / who passed away / 9th January 1948 / in her 91st year.