Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Copeland
- Town
- Hensingham, Whitehaven
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 67306
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Current location
St John's Church
Egremont Road
Hensingham
Whitehaven
Copeland
Cumbria
CA28 8QH
England
OS Grid Ref: NX 98565 16644
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wooden Board with writing in gold paint
- Inscription
- CUMBERLAND CHANGE RINGERS ASSOCIATION/To the Memory of the following Ringers/ [names]/ Who fell in the great war 1914-1918/A muffled peal of 5280 KENT TREBLE BOB MAJOR/was rung on these bells on May 6th 1922 in 3hr 20mins by the following Treble J. HUTCHINSON 5th E.TICKLE 2nd J.B. DOUGLAS 6th J.H. ROTHERY 3rd G.W. TEMBEY 7th W. NORMAN 4th J.J. SPEDDING Treble W.T. HOLMES Composed by W. Estcourt & Conducted by W.T. Holmes E.Freeman J.J. Wallis Vicar Secy
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Black, H
Bland, J
Connerton, H
Dixon, C
Gardiner, T
Hodgson, J
Lister, E
Telford, D
Tembey, D H
Usher, R
See details for all 12 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname , initials of forenames and home town
Order of information: home town then surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Memorial
- 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 - Responsibility
- The Ringers of Hensingham St. John
- Reference
- West Cumberland Times 8 March 1923 page 3e
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