Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Carlisle
- Town
- Cumwhinton
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- JW Reed of Newcastle (Sculptor)
Mr J Miller of Cumwhinton (Builder) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 30 Apr 1922
Attended by: Mrs Coulson of Cumwhinton
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4283
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Current location
Side of Main Road
Cumwhinton
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA4 8ER
England
OS Grid Ref: NY 45072 52781
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- CAIRN WITH PLINTH SET INTO IT. THIS IS THEN SURMOUNTED BY A TAPERED PLINTH AND INFILLED CELTIC CROSS. INSCRIPTION ON THE FRONT FACE OF THE SHAFT AND PLINTH. BOSSES CARVED ON THE FACE OF THE CROSS
- Inscription
- On the shaft- IN/MEMORY OF/[names]/WHO WERE KILLED/IN THE/GREAT WAR/1914 1919 At the top of the plinth- 1939-1945/JOHN HENRY GRAHAM/ROYAL NAVY/KILLED IN ACTION 1942 On the plinth- 1914 AND OF THESE MEN WHO ALSO SERVED 1919/[names in 3 columns]/"THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US/BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbott, E
Armstrong, J J
Atkinson, J
Boyd, T
Boyd, W J
Carruthers, T W
Collins, J E
Collins, L
Couthard, A
Cowan, G
See details for all 56 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 55
Served and returned: 45
Died: 10
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname. forenames, service, manner of death, year of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 300mm, height 3350mm, width 610mm
Materials: Granite - Aberdeen - Plaque
Measurements: depth 110mm, height 950mm, width 1370-1180
Materials: Granite - Aberdeen - Base
Measurements: depth 690mm, height 350mm, width 1020mm
Materials: Granite - Aberdeen
- Cross
- Listing information
- Cumwhinton 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
- Cumwhinton
- WMO ID: 177027
- Condition: Good [last updated on 27-11-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Carlisle Journal 2/5/1922 page 6a
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