17 World War 1 servicemen will be honoured at Liverpool Town Hall on:- Friday, 21 November 2025 as their names are added to the Roll of Honour.

13 of those being added to the Roll of Honour served in the Royal Navy and were highlighted by serving personnel at HMS EAGLET. The Roll of Honour is accompanied by an inscription reading:- “Their name liveth evermore”.

The names of those being added to the city’s Roll of Honour are:-

Able Seaman Birchall
Able Seaman Burrows
Leading Seaman Cass
Able Seaman Campbell
Leading Seaman Cullen
Signaller Cullington
Able Seaman Dunne
Petty Officer Horrigan
Private Kenny
Able Seaman Massey
Able Seaman McLellan
Private McCutcheon
Rifleman McGeachin
Able Seaman Mitchell
Wireman Mould
Leading Seaman Radcliffe
Private Weston
 
The Service of Rededication for the additions will be attended by families and representatives from the Royal Navy.

The Service, hosted by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Councillor Barbara Murray, will include prayers from Reverend Canon Bill Addy, The Act of Remembrance by the President of West Lancashire and Merseyside Royal British Legion, Alderman Roy Gladden, The Last Post from the Band of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment Bugler, and a minute’s silence.

As a mark of respect, the Union Flag on the Town Hall will also be flown at Half Mast during the service.

The Roll of Honour was unveiled by His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, on 2 July 1921, however the list of war dead began its compilation during World War 1 when the names of the fallen were posted in a window overlooking Exchange Flags and relatives queued to add others.

The original Roll of Honour listed 13,245 of Liverpool’s immortal heroes, who were killed in the 1st World War alone, and were born or resident in the City.

In November 2008, the Lord Mayor’s Office set up an electronic database of the listings from the Hall of Remembrance on the Town Hall’s website, with the ability for members of the public to search for their relatives and request additions. There are now more than 13,500 names included. 

Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Councillor Barbara Murray, said:- “It’s an honour to invite families and Royal Navy representatives to the Town Hall to remember and pay respect to these brave men as we add them to the City’s Roll of Honour. It is incredibly important that names continue to be found and recorded in the Hall of Remembrance alongside their fellow servicemen to honour their memory and contribution. We will continue to add names for as long as we receive them, to make sure that all servicemen receive recognition from the City of Liverpool for their bravery and courage. It is a real honour to speak to the families of those who lost their lives and reflect on how they made the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms we enjoy today.”