Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- South Lakeland
- Town
- Levens
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4213
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Current location
In Churchyard
St. John the Evangelist Church
Church Road
Levens
South Lakeland
Cumbria
LA8 8PU
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 48514 85769
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Three stepped square base surmounted by tapered plinth shaft and Celtic cross. Inscription on brass plaque attached to the shaft.
- Inscription
- THESE MEN GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY 1914 - 1918/ (Names)/AND THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brennand, William
Butterfield, Fred
Cheeseman, Arthur
Coward, Walter T
Egglestone, Elliott
Fell, William A
Garnett, Robert
Harrison, Malcolm
Hutchinson, Cyril
Kelly, Henry Johnson
See details for all 20 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: 0
Died: 17
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 310mm, height 1600mm, width 310mm
Materials: Stone - First World War memorial
Measurements: depth 5mm, height 915mm, width 455-385mm
Materials: Brass - Second World War memorial
Measurements: depth 5mm, height 220mm, width 475-455mm
Materials: Brass - Base
Measurements: depth 2160mm, height 230mm, width 2240mm
Materials: Stone - Steps
Measurements: depth 1630mm, height 200mm, width 1690mm
Materials: Stone - Steps
Measurements: depth 1120mm, height 210mm, width 1170mm
Materials: Stone - Plinth
Measurements: depth 760-520mm, height 1420mm, width 810-570mm
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Listing information
- Levens War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Levens Cross
- WMO ID: 176321
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 05-09-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- PCC & Churchwardens of the Parish
- Reference
- Book (published 2020 by Levens Local History Group)- Levens in the Shadow of the Great War- available to download from this linkwww.levenshistory.co.uk/uploads/1/2/6/4/126405959/web_page_version.pdf-
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