Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Copeland
- Town
- Hensingham, Whitehaven
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 27 September 1925
Attended by: Colonel D. j. Mason DSO - Dedicated
Date: 27 September 1925
Attended by: Reverend Edmund Freeman, Vicar of the Parish - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3964
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Current location
Egremont Road (West side)
Hensingham
Whitehaven
Copeland
Cumbria
CA28 8QW
England
OS Grid Ref: NX 98564 16629
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Granite Celtic Cross on a two stepped base, the names are in two columns. Also a bronze plaque at the base for WW2.
- Inscription
- At the bottom of the shaft of the cross: TO THE MEN OF / HENSINGHAM PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / DURING THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / (Names) Bronze plate on east face of top step of base: AND OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN / THE WAR 1939-1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Blair, R C R
Branton, H J
Bulman, J
Calder, A E
Calvin, W
Dickinson, C W
Dixon, G
Doggart, T
Fisher, T
Gibson, G
See details for all 36 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 36
Served and returned: 0
Died: 36
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 240mm, height c2900mm, width 400mm
Materials: Granite - Dalbeattie - Plinth
Measurements: depth 670mm, height 720mm, width 770mm
Materials: Granite - Dalbeattie - Base
Measurements: depth 1815mm, height 80mm, width 2150mm
Materials: Granite - Dalbeattie - Base
Measurements: depth 1435mm, height 150mm, width 1550mm
Materials: Granite - Dalbeattie - Second World War memorial
Measurements: depth 15mm, height 115mm, width 765mm
Materials: Bronze
- Cross
- 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
- Costs
Site: NIL
Comments: Land Donated by the Lowther family- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Hensingham Civil Parish Council
- Reference
- Numerous editions of the Hensingham Parish Magazine in the DBT 23/6 collection at Whitehaven Record Office
- Carlisle Journal 29/9/1925 page 6d-for unveiling
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