Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Allerdale
- Town
- St Johns In the Vale near Keswick
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4069
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Current location
St John's in the Vale Church
St Johns In the Vale near Keswick
Allerdale
Cumbria
CA12 4UB
England
OS Grid Ref: NY 30643 22453
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rectangular tablet with incised inscription and gold and stone tesserae border. Names of those who served in three columns, names of those who died in two columns.
- Inscription
- THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ MEN SERVING IN THE KING'S FORCES/ (Names)/ THIS ROLL OF HONOUR IS GIVEN BY THE PERISHIONERS/ AS AN ACT OF THANKSGIVINGTO ALMIGHTY GOD/ AND A COMMEMORATION OF THEIR FRIENDS/ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES/ (Names)/ FOR HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOR EVER
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alderson, J
Barker, J R
Batey, J J
Batey, T W
Bell, D
Benson, A
Bragg, John Moffat
Chaplin, J H
Coates, J
Copland, J R
See details for all 77 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 75
Served and returned: 65
Died: 10
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename,decorations
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 1200MM, width 800MM
Materials: Marble - Mosaic
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Tablet
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- See the Church Booklet-"A History of those whose names are recorded on the War Memorial in St Johns in the Vale Churchyard" by Karen Roberts (2014), cost £5. This is a revised reprint of a booklet by Andy Hamnett in 1993.
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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