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Memorial details

Memorial type
Memorial homes / Alms houses
District
Lancaster
Town
Lancaster
County
Lancashire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Foundation Stone
    Date: 26 November 1919
    Attended by: LORD RICHARD CAVENDISH
  • Unveiled
    Date: 4 August 1926
    Attended by: General Sir ARCHIBALD HUNTER GCB MP
  • Opened
    Date: 27 November 1924
    Attended by: FIELD MARSHAL THE EARL HAIG KT GCB OM GCVO KCIE
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
18650

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Current location

Westfield House & Memorial Village
West Road
Lancaster
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 5NX
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 47011 61799
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
A village of 30 cottages built on land around Westfield House, former home of Sir Thomas Storey. The memorial village was created to provide "a settlement for disabled service men", more houses have been added subsequently. In the middle of the village is a memorial statue of a soldier supporting a kneeling wounded soldier on a plinth of stone masonry. There is a plaque on the 6 o'clock face of the plinth with an inscription.
Inscription
THE WESTFIELD WAR/ MEMORIAL VILLAGE/ FOUNDED IN GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF THE/ SACRIFICE MADE BY THE/ KING'S OWN ROYAL/ LANCASTER REGIMENT/ THE LANCASTER BATTERIES/ OF ARTILLERY AND OTHER/ LANCASTRIANS IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ THE CHILDREN OF/ SIR THOMAS STOREY/ GAVE THE PROPERTY/ THE COTTAGES WERE BUILT/ BY PUBLIC AND INDIVIDUAL/ SUBSCRIPTION THE VILLAGE/ WAS DESIGNED BY/ THOMAS HAYTON MAWSON
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Figure
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Plinth
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Cottage
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Unknown
Listing information
  • The war memorial, Westfield War Memorial Village
  • Grade II*
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
History
Additional houses were added between 1927 and WW2 and others in the 1950's after a fundraising drive launched in 1943. Electric lighting was installed in 1935 In 1987 the village was leased to Guinness Northern Counties and this enabled ongoing funding to be provided so that the homes could be modernised.
Costs

Comments: The land given by Mr Herbert Lushington Storey was the area of the former Storey Mansion with associated outbuildings plus 16 acres. Miss Mary Simpson of Lancaster left a bequest of £3,000 in 1935 for the village

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Responsibility
From 1980 run by Northern Counties Housing Association.
Reference
  • "Lancaster War Memorial Village inaugurated by Lord Richard Cavendish, on the Westfield Estate." Lancaster Guardian, 22 Nov. 1919, p. 5., column 2-5.
  • westfieldmemorialvillage.co.uk/ . Accessed 16 May 2023.
  • "Westfield Village Ceremony 18th July." The Western Front Association Bulletin 85, Oct./Nov. 2009.
  • "Westfield memorial unveiled in anniversary ceremony + details of Lancaster ceremony." Observer, 6 Aug. 1926, p. 5., column 3-4.
  • "NEW SETTLEMENT FOR EX-SERVICE MEN. VILLAGE OPENED BY LORD HAIG." The Times, 28 Nov. 1924, p. 11., Issue 43821, column D.
  • "GENERAL SIR ARCHIBALD HUNTER AT LANCASTER." The Times, 5 Aug. 1926, p. 7., Issue 44342, column E.
  • Local Publication/Booklet published 1943 on history of village by J Bell. Carlisle Record Office ref. DB 48/13-gives a detailed plan of the village
  • Local Publication/Booklet: "The War Memorial Village, Westfield, Lancaster." Lancaster VE 2005: A Community Remembers, p.14.
  • Pamphlet: Westfield War Memorial Village, In Commemoration of the 90th Anniversary of the War Memorial Village Lancaster 1919 - 2009, Saturday 18th July 2009 12.00 noon
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westfield_War_Memorial_Village . Accessed 16 May 2023.
  • The Mawson Archive at Kendal Record Office for photographs and plans- References WDB 86/9/50, 86/2/98/2 and 86/2/99/1 to 6, 86/3/242, 343 and 538, 86/4/164, 86/4/174/4b, 86/8/14, 86/A/98 and 99, 86/M/164

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