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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Allerdale
- Town
- Keswick
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918), Second World War - civilians
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 16 February 1921
Attended by: Colonel Spedding - Unveiled
Date: 4 July 1948
Attended by: Lieutenant Colonel J A Oglethorpe TD- old boy, served in WW1 & WW2 - Dedicated
Date: 4 July 1948
Attended by: Canon BG Lloyd Wilson of Kirkoswald-old boy - Show More (2)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3989
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Current location
Queen's Hall
Vicarage Hill
Keswick
Allerdale
Cumbria
CA12 5QB
England
OS Grid Ref: NY 26018 24304
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Old School Building
Rawnsley Hall
Keswick
Allerdale
Cumbria
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Old School Building
- Description
- Two Oak Boards set in a chaste frame of unvarnished oak with a figure of St George in the centre between the two boards, each board has 2 columns of names. School crest and motto below it.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ (Names) THEIR NAMES LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE/ THEIR BODIES ARE/ BURIED IN PEACE/ AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aitchison, J E
Ball, T
Birch, L
Birkett, S E
Broatch, D
Chubb, J L
Clark, J M C
Clark, J S
Davidson, J
Dean, L L
See details for all 55 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 24
Served and returned: 0
Died: 24
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, initials of forenames , rank
Order of information: Surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 30
Served and returned: 0
Died: 30
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, initials of forenames, rank
Order of information: Surname - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initial of forename, service
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Figure
- 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
- Digitised School Book of Remembrance-www.keswick.cumbria.sch.uk/Book-of-Remembrance
- West Cumberland Times 19/2/1921 page 3c-d
- West Cumberland Times 7/7/1948 page 4g
- Document DB 111/80 at Carlisle Record Office for the maker
- Keswick Reminder 9/7/1948 page 1c
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