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)
- Maker
- H Sharp & Sons (Makers)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4101
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Current location
on the oak road wall of this corner house
2
Cemetery Cottages
Beech Street
Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow In Furness
Cumbria
LA14 5DP
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 19663 70881
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- TABLET WITH CREST CONTAINING WREATH AND CROSSED SWORD/RIFLE ABOVE INSCRIPTION.
- Inscription
- THE GREAT WAR, 1914 - 1919/ROLL OF HONOUR/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE KINSFOLK AND FRIENDS OF THE MEN OF/ CEMETERY COTTAGES, WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN HONOUR OF THEIR NOBLE SACRIFICE IN A GREAT AND RIGHTEOUS CAUSE/ -/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN MAY LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ (Names)/ FORGET US NOT, OH LAND FOR WHICH WE FELL;/ MAY IT GO WELL WITH ENGLAND - STILL GO WELL;/ KEEP HER BRIGHT BANNERS WITHOUT BLOT OR STAIN,/ LEST WE SHOULD DREAM THAT WE HAVE DIED IN VAIN.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Cahill, M
Clark, Wh
Croyes, W
Davies, J
Davies, Jim
Eden, J
Edwards, W
Edwards, Wf
Grosvenor, Jf
Hirst, Jt
See details for all 22 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 22
Served and returned: 0
Died: 22
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank, date of death,forename
Order of information: date of death
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth 50mm, height 1270mm, width 1110mm
Materials: Stone - Limestone - Backboard
Measurements: depth 40mm, height 1330mm, width 1230mm
Materials: Slate
- 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
- Cemetery Cottages
- WMO ID: 175447
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 26-04-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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