Second Lieutenant J Hamer and The Men Of Borrowdale

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Board / Plaque / Tablet
District: Allerdale
Town: near Grange in Borrowdale
County: Cumbria
Country: England
Commemoration: First World War (1914-1918)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 3117

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Current location

Castle Crag
near Grange in Borrowdale
Allerdale
Cumbria
CA12 5XA
England

OS Grid Ref: NY 25111 16031
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Castle Crag with dedicatory slate tablet set into a rock. Inscription is carved into the tablet.

Inscription

CASTLE CRAG WAS GIVEN TO THE/ NATIONAL TRUST IN MEMORY OF/ JOHN HAMER/ 2ND LIEUT 6TH .K.S.L.I. BORN JULY 8 1897/ KILLED IN ACTION MARCH 22 1918/ ALSO OF/ THE FOLLOWING MEN OF BORROWDALE/ WHO DIED FOR THE SAME CAUSE/ (Names)

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Bird, G
Boow, E J
Boow, J S
Brody, Js
Dover, J H
Edmondson, I
Edmondson, J
Hamer, John
Hindmoor, F
Layland, H E
See details for all 15 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,initials of forenames, regiment
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Land
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Slate

Listing information

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Condition

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History

Summer 2018- National Trust rebuilt the access path, with a retaining wall to hold back the surrounding scree

Costs

Site: Â£150

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Sponsorship

Private
Details: By the father of John Hamer, one of the casualties commemorated

Responsibility

National Trust

Reference

Cumbria Magazine December 2017 pages 55-60 for more on Millican Dalton, an eccentric & visionary who used a large cave left from quarrying , on the crag, as an air raid shelter during WW2.
Whitehaven News 22 August 2018 page 34, for the path rebuilding work

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