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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Allerdale
- Town
- Great Clifton
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 21 July 1920
Attended by: Arnold Kennedy, son of the first casualty of Clifton.
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18865
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Current location
Derwent Vale Primary School
Rosemary Gardens
Great Clifton
Allerdale
Cumbria
CA14 1TZ
England
OS Grid Ref: NY 04238 29890
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Chapel Brow School
Chapel Brow
Bridgefoot
Little Clifton
Allerdale
Cumbria
CA14 1XT
England
OS Grid Ref: NY 05233 29045
Denomination: Undefined
- Chapel Brow School
- Description
- NOWY-HEADED Brass PLAQUE MOUNTED ONTO A NOWY-HEADED Oak BACKBOARD. SYMMETRICAL PATTERNED BORDER AROUND THE EDGE OF THE PLAQUE. WREATH AT THE TOP. INCISED INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING. There was also a printed and framed Roll of Honour of all 134 who served and returned (now lost)
- Inscription
- ROLL / OF / HONOUR / FOR GOD & COUNTRY / OLD BOYS OF THIS SCHOOL WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / (NAMES) / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bell, William
Benson, J
Campbell, A
Carruthers, H
Carruthers, J
Davidsons, G
Doran, S
Doran, W
Douglas, J
Douglass, A H
See details for all 22 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 22
Served and returned: 0
Died: 22
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak - Photograph/s
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Paper
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- West Cumberland Times 24th July 1920, page 2
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