Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Barrow In Furness
- Town
- Barrow-in-Furness
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 12th March 1921
Attended by: - Rededicated
Date: 2nd June 1930 - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4099
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Current location
Barrow-in-Furness Town Hall
Duke Street
Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow In Furness
Cumbria
LA14 2LD
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 19838 69102
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- School later called the Alfred Barrow School
Barrow in Furness Boys Grammar School
Duke Street
Barrow In Furness
Barrow In Furness
Cumbria
LA14 1LF
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 19987 68962
Denomination: Undefined
- School later called the Alfred Barrow School
- Description
- WW1 memorial is Wood with gold lettering in a wooden frame, with carving around the edge and the school crest and motto, Semper Sursum, above. WW2 memorial is brass in a wooden frame, with names in white and with the school crest and motto, Semper Sursum, above.
- Inscription
- 1914 - 1919 / (Names in 2 columns) / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN / THIS, THAT A MAN MAY LAY DOWN HIS LIFE / FOR HIS FRIENDS 1939 - 1945 / (Names in 2 columns)/ IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Addison, E
Ashurst, S
Balfour, R W
Barrow, Js
Baythorp, Aj
Bell, A T F
Bell, D
Benson, Kw
Benson, Lt
Berry, D
See details for all 186 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 77
Served and returned: 0
Died: 77
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 109
Served and returned: 0
Died: 109
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forename
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: depth 140mm, height 2750mm, width 1350mm
Materials: Wood - First World War memorial
Measurements: depth 35mm, height 1910mm, width 970mm
Materials: Bronze, Wood - Second World War memorial
Measurements: depth 5mm, height 1910mm, width 940mm
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: depth 150mm, height 2750mm, width 1300mm
Materials: Wood
- Backboard
- 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
- Barrow in Furness Boys Grammar School
- WMO ID: 228501
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 10-07-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- LNS INDEX 12
- Barrow Record Office Documents BDH 11/7/5/1 and BDS 11/7/13
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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