Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Lancaster
- Town
- Bolton-le-Sands
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: June 1920
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3325
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Current location
Slyne Road
Bolton-le-Sands
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA5 8AQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 48095 67178
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Two steps lead up to stone wall surmounted by cross of sacrifice. Inscription on stone tablets (one for each war) which are affixed to the wall, which is semi-circular in shape, so effectively forms a garden of remembrance
- Inscription
- 1914 - 1918 (names) in three columns MAKE THEM TO BE NUMBERED / WITH THY SAINTS 1939 - 1945 (names) (names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adamthwaite, J. A.
Airey, Jas. A.
Bamkin, Arthur
Beckett, Robert
Davies, D. H.
Eccles, Walter
Fox, Chris
Gardner, R. L.
Ghorst, Harry
Greenwood, Clifford
See details for all 33 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 29
Served and returned: 0
Died: 29
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forenames, surname
Order of information: surname, forenames - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone, Bronze - Wall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Detail
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- 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
- BOLTON LE SANDS
- WMO ID: 119307
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 21-03-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2005: Telephone call in January to say the memorial has been damaged by a falling tree in high winds. the parish council are looking to get it repaired; Informed by letter the memorial was irreparably damaged and Bolton Le Sands Council hope to get it replaced, which it had been by Remembrance Day of the same year at an estimated cost of £6,000. The sword of peace on the cross was retreived and restored.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Lancaster Guardian 12 June 1920 - pg.2 col.5
- Bronze sword stolen from Lancaster war memorial www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-46123509
- The Last Post, by the Lancaster Military Heritage Group, page 73
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