Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Allerdale
Town
Lorton
County
Cumbria
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
MESSRS G MAILE & SON LTD (Manufacturer)
Joseph Mirehouse (Carpenter)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 1 November 1921
    Attended by: Sir Joseph T Hutchinson of Lorton Hall
  • Dedicated
    Date: 1 November 1921
    Attended by: Bishop of Carlisle
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
4051

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Current location

St Cuthbert's Church
Lorton
Allerdale
Cumbria
CA13 9UN
England

OS Grid Ref: NY 15513 25973
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
BRASS PLAQUE WITH OAK SURROUND. ABOVE THE INSCRIBED PLAQUE, MOUNTED ON THE OAK SURROUND, ARE TWO ENAMELLED FLAGS (WHITE ENSIGN AND UNION JACK). BETWEEN THEM IS A WOODEN SHIELD WITH WORDS "PRO REGE ET PATRIA", SURROUNDED BY A WREATH
Inscription
PRO/REGE/ET/PATRIA/TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN MEMORY OF/THE MEN WHO FELL IN THE WAR/1914-1918/[names]/“WHEN SHALL THEIR MEMORY FADE�
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Benson, J
Eland, S
Head, T
Moffat, R
Mounsey, J
Needham, J
Pearson, A
Rothery, W
Swanston, J J
Towers, A W
See details for all 11 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
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Frame
    Measurements: depth 95mm, height 1150mm, width 1190mm
    Materials: Wood - Oak
  • Plaque
    Measurements: depth 5mm, height 510mm, width 840mm
    Materials: Brass
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • West Cumberland Times 5 November 1921 page 3f
  • Maile's made the plaque. All the woodwork was by Joseph Mirehouse-a local man
  • R. Moffat, died 1 July 1916 is commemorated on a family gravestone Alison White Towers, 2457 of W & C Yeomanry was a Banker, he died 2 October 1916 and was buried at Richbourg-st-Vaaast, France- see family gravestone Thomas Head of the 1st Borders died 13 August 1915 at the Dardanelles when the Royal Edward troopship was sunk- see family gravestone John Benson died at Shrewsbury aged 33 on 22 May 1917 according to the CWGC gravestone, or 25 May 1917 aged 38 according to the adjacent family gravestone- he was of the 58th Battalion Canadian Infantry
  • Booklet-'They Lie in a Foreign Field' by Walter Head & Sheila Gordon, published 2018 by Lorton & Derwent Fells Local History Society gives full biographies for the fallen of Buttermere, Embleton, Lorton, Loweswater, Mosser and Wythop

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