Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Eden
- Town
- Warcop
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1920
Attended by: GENERAL SIR ARTHUR WYNNE KCB
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3104
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Current location
The Green
Warcop
Eden
Cumbria
CA16 6PB
England
OS Grid Ref: NY 74831 15476
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- THREE STEPPED BASE SURMOUNTED BY PLINTH AND OBELISK. INSCRIPTION ON PLAQUES ATTACHED TO THE SIDES OF THE PLINTH. WREATH CARVED IN RELIEF AT THE TOP OF THE OBELISK AND CARVED RIFLE AND SWORD AT BASE OF OBELISK UNDER INSCRIPTION
- Inscription
- SIDE ONE: 1914-18/ PARISH OF WARCOP/ LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES) SIDE TWO: PARISH OF WARCOP/ SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, R P
Atkinson, H
Balmer, F
Balmer, J
Balmer, T E
Barnes, T W
Beatham, E
Beatham, J W
Birdwood, C W B
Blenkharn, Rs
See details for all 69 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 64
Served and returned: 53
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,initials of forenames, rank,decorations
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Second World War memorial
Measurements: height 190mm, width 670mm
Materials: Bronze - Plaques
Measurements: height 540mm, width 360mm
Materials: Bronze - Base
Measurements: depth 1070mm, height 230mm, width 1070mm
Materials: Stone - Freestone - Obelisk
Measurements: depth 355mm, height 2300mm, width 355mm
Materials: Stone - Freestone - Plinth
Measurements: depth 610mm, height 1050mm, width 610mm
Materials: Stone - Freestone - Base
Measurements: depth 910mm, height 260mm, width 910mm
Materials: Stone - Freestone
- Second World War 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
- Warcop Village Memorial
- WMO ID: 172889
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 27-11-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Warcop war memorial wrecked by lorry 29 November 2023
- Costs
Memorial: £155
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
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