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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Eden
- Town
- Penrith
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1919
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3079
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Current location
School Hall
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School
Castle Drive
Penrith
Eden
Cumbria
CA11 7EG
England
OS Grid Ref: NY 51219 29651
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rectangular oxidised copper plaque mounted onto a rectangular wooden backboard. Additional strip of copper placed below the main memorial with two additional names on it.
- Inscription
- FOR CHRIST AND THE KING/ 1914-1918/ IN PROUD MEMORY OF OLD BOYS FALLEN IN THE WAR/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barclay, J
Crompton, A H
Cropper, A E P
De Courcey Parry, D G
Fraser, A S
Glendinning, W L
Grisenthwaite, J
Heskett, J
Hill, L P
Jackson, C H
See details for all 26 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 0
Died: 26
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: depth 5mm, height 60mm, width 560mm
Materials: Copper - Plaque
Measurements: depth 5mm, height 600mm, width 1085mm
Materials: Copper - Backboard
Measurements: depth 25mm, height 790mm, width 1210mm
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- 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 - Reference
- Book-The History of Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith by John Jackson (1962)
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