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Memorial details

Memorial type
Chapel: Dedicated within church building
District
Barrow In Furness
Town
Barrow-in-Furness
County
Cumbria
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 8 July 1922
    Attended by: Cuthbert Postlethwaite, Rural Dean of Dalton (former Vicar of the Church)
  • Dedicated
    Date: 8 July 1922
    Attended by: Bishop of Carlisle
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Lost
Lost
WM Reference
67589

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Previous locations
  • West end of the nave
    St Matthews's Church
    Harrogate Street
    Barrow-in-Furness
    Barrow In Furness
    Cumbria
    LA14 5JQ
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SD 20082 70372
    Denomination: Church of England
Description
Chapel with oak screens and a roll of honour on vellum in a glazed wooden frame.
Inscription
This Chapel was set apart in memory of the men of this Parish and Congregation who gave their lives to safeguard the World’s Freedom in the Great War 1914-1918/ [names] ”He died for all that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves”/II Cor v.15
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Barrow, Alfred James
Bennett, John
Charnley, Edwin
Ellis, James
Fell, Gilbert
Fittes, Fred
Foster, Norman
France, Thomas
Graham, Albert Percy
Hannah, Edward
See details for all 24 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 24
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 24
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Screen
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood - Oak
  • Roll of honour
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Vellum, Wood, Glass
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
LOST
Reference
  • The faculty- Document BPR 27A/I/2/5/1 at Barrow Record Office- for the wording
  • page 20 of "One of the Four"- The Parish of St Matthew Barrow in Furness 1878-1978- an historical sketch by William Kelly- for names and other details (this book is out of print)

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