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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Other structure
- District
- Eden
- Town
- Appleby
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3062
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Current location
War Memorial Swimming Pool
Chapel Street
Appleby
Eden
Cumbria
CA16 6QR
England
OS Grid Ref: NY 68149 20553
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Swimming Pool with 3 bronze plaques inside main entrance
- Inscription
- External-APPLEBY WAR MEMORIAL SWIMMING POOL Internal Top Plaque- THE NEW APPLEBY WAR MEMORIAL SWIMMING POOL/OPENED BY/THE RT HON THE VISCOUNT WHITELAW KT CH MC/ON 30TH MARCH 1995/THE NEW POOL FACILITY WAS REALISED THROUGH/THE SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY/OF APPLEBY AND SURROUNDING AREA IN A PARTNERSHIP/INITIATIVE WITH EDEN DISTRICT COUNCIL/SUPPORT WAS RECEIVED FROM/ EDEN DISTRICT COUNCIL THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF/APPLEBY/AND DISTRICT FOUNDATION FOR SUPPORT AND THE ARTS APPLEBY TOWN COUNCIL RURAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Internal Middle Plaque- THIS SWIMMING POOL/WAS BUILT BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/TO COMMEMORATE THOSE OF THE/BOROUGH WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/IN THE 1939-1945 WAR Internal Bottom Plaque- THE ERECTION OF THIS BUILDING/WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY A GENEROUS/CONTRIBUTION MADE ON BEHALF OF THE/STAFF OF WAGGON REPAIRS LIMITED OF/BIRMINGHAM WHO WERE DOMICILED/IN APPLEBY AND DISTRICT DURING/THE WAR YEARS 1939-1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Swimming pool
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Plaques
- 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
- History
- 1994: BUILDING WAS BEING RENOVATED
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
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