Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Allerdale
- Town
- Keswick
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 16 Sep 1951
Attended by: Ven SC Bulley, Archdeacon of Westmorland - Unveiled
Date: 16 Sep 1951
Attended by: Ven SC Bulley, Archdeacon of Westmorland - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3988
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Current location
St Kentigern's Crosthwaite
Church Lane
Keswick
Allerdale
Cumbria
CA12 5QG
England
OS Grid Ref: NY 25746 24300
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rectangular board with a moulded frame with blacked incised inscription.
- Inscription
- IN GRATEFUL AND LOVING MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF CROSTHWAITE WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 -1945/ (Names)/HE IS NOT THE GOD OF THE DEAD BUT THE GOD OF THE LIVING MARK 12.27
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aitchison, James Eric
Birkett, Sydney Edmund
Brandon, Charles James
Brown, G Eric T
Dent, Leslie
Evans, Edwin
Ewart, William John
Green, Isaac William
Haselfoot, Wilfrid H
Herd, Ronnie
See details for all 20 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 20
Served and returned: 0
Died: 20
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: depth 30mm, height 915mm, width 915mm
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Board
- 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
- Keswick Reminder 21/9/1951 page 1d
- West Cumberland Times 19/9/1951 page 1h
- File DB/111/36 and Document DB 111/84 at Carlisle Record Office for the maker
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