Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
South Lakeland
Town
Kendal
County
Cumbria
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 06 September 1921
    Attended by: Colonel Weston unveiled the memorial
  • Dedicated
    Date: 06 September 1921
    Attended by: The Bishop of Carlisle dedicated the memorial
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
40516

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Current location

In the memorial chapel
at the north-east corner of the church.
Holy Trinity Church
Kirkland
Kendal
South Lakeland
Cumbria
LA9 5AL
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 51704 92151
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Two rectangular bronze plaques (each with a Celtic-design border), which are now mounted on a pillar, one above the other. The upper plaque has the Regimental crest at top-centre, flanked by the dates 1915 and 1919, and relates to the 2/4th Battalion's casualties in Mesopotamia and India; the lower plaque has the Regimental crest at top-centre, flanked by the dates 1914 and 1919, and relates to the 1/4th Battalion's deaths on active service, in India and in Burma.
Inscription
Upper Plaque: 1915 1919 2/4TH BATTALION/ THE BORDER REGIMENT/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO DIED WHILST/ SERVING IN INDIA/ AND MESOPOTAMIA/ (names) Lower Plaque: 1914-1919 1/4TH BATTALION/ THE BORDER/ REGIMENT/ IN MEMORY OF/ (names)/ WHO DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ (names) / WHO DIED IN INDIA / (names) / WHO DIED IN BURMA
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Atkinson, G
Barker, C H
Birkett, R G
Bond, R O
Bouch, J
Bowness, G
Brown, F
Butterworth, F
Cartwright, W J
Clarkson, R
See details for all 83 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 83
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 83
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, initials, surname, manner of death, place of death
    Order of information: Grouped by Battalion, manner/place of death, then in descending order of rank.
Components
  • Plaques
    Measurements: depth 20mm, height 1240mm, width 600mm
    Materials: Bronze
Listing information
Condition
History
According to the newspaper report of the unveiling, the two plaques originally hung on different pillars; on an unknown date, they were remounted, one above the other, on one pillar.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Church of England
Reference
  • The Greater Parish of Kendal 1553-2002 by John Hodgkinson page 41-42, ISBN 0-9543474-0-4
  • The War Memorials Trust's record of this memorial can be found at www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/138641
  • Penrith Observer, Tuesday 13/9/1921, page 5 printed a lengthy report of the ceremony to lay up of the Colours and unveil the memorials. The report opened: 'KING'S COLOURS FOR BORDER REGIMENT. There was an impressive ceremony at Kendal on Tuesday afternoon, when the King's Colours were presented to the 2/4th Border Regiment (T.F.), and were laid up in the Parish Church. In conjunction with this ceremony, memorial tablets, to the memory of the men of the 1/4th and 2/4th Border Regiments who fell in the war, were also unveiled in the church...' After further details regarding the laying up of the King's Colours, the report continued: 'THE UNVEILING OF THE MEMORIALS. After the colour had been laid up, the memorial service, at which the tablets were unveiled by Colonel Weston, M.P., was proceeded with. The service, which was of an impressive character, commenced with the singing of the 23rd Psalm, and was followed by appropriate prayers and the anthem "And lo! a mighty host" (Spohr). The Bishop, clergy, and the principal military officers then left their places and walked to the west end of the church to the pillars on which the memorial tablets had been placed. Colonel Weston, before unveiling the memorials, delivered an address. After thanking Colonels Davidson and Halton for the honour they had done him in asking him to unveil the tablets, he said that the 4th Battalion before the war was composed of men who had trained themselves to be ready to defend their country at home, and there was a great deal due due to them for that. When the war broke out there was a great rush to the colours, and so many men came forward to join the 4th Border that it was necessary to divide the Battalion; and when Lord Kitchener asked for volunteers for service abroad the first and second 4th Border gave a very prompt reply, and said they were ready to go wherever they were wanted. They hoped they would be ordered to France, and when the orders came that the 1/4th had to go to Burmah and the 2/4th to India, he knew that it was a source of keen disappointment to both Battalions. They knew, however, that it was their duty to go where it was considered they were most wanted; but they little thought that they would be kept out in the East five years...' The report quoted the rest of his speech, before continuing: 'Colonel Weston then unveiled the tablets, adding that they not only revered the memories of the men commemorated, but sympathised with those who had been left behind, to whom it must be a satisfaction to know that the lives of their loved ones had not been given in vain. Colonel Davidson placed a laurel wreath at the foot of the pillar on which the tablet to the 1/4th men is placed, and Colonel Halton placed another at the foot of that on which is placed the memorial to the men of the 2/4th Battalion. The memorials were next dedicated by the Bishop, after which the "Last Post" was sounded by four buglers from the Castle, and the Depot Band played the Dead March. The memorial tablets are of bronze and are quire simple in character. Each is surmounted by the crest of the regiment, and contains the names of those who died on service. The tablets were designed by Mr J.W. Benwell, Carlisle, and contain the names of officers and men. After the singing of the hymn "For all the Saints who from their labours rest", the Bishop of Carlisle, having conducted the dedication service, spoke of wars which we had to wage at home. Drunkenness and lust, he said, killed more men annually than ever the Germans succeeded in doing, and there were vices in a man's own heart, and sometimes in his own household, that were more dangerous than any foreign enemy. After the Bishop's address "Abide with me" was sung, and his Lordship having pronounced the Blessing the service closed with the National Anthem'. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002296/19210913/071/0005?browse=true

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