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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Composite
- District
- Allerdale
- Town
- Maryport
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- H H Martyn and Co. (Founder / Foundry)
MESSRS J WHARTON & SONS (Manufacturer)
MESSRS NASH & HULL (Founder / Foundry)
MR W MARSHALL (Builder) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 20 November 1921
Attended by: Lieutenant Colonel GJ Pocklington Senhouse - Dedicated
Date: 20 November 1921
Attended by: Revd J A Richards - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4055
Current location
Memorial Gardens
Netherhall Corner
Maryport
Allerdale
Cumbria
CA15 6LL
England
OS Grid Ref: NY 03832 36545
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Red Sandstone wall on three sides of a square with three identical Bronze plaques. The Park gates and railings are also part of the memorial. There is also a separate Celtic Cross of Red Granite-on each side high up is a sword of relief, representative of victory and right. The tank presented to the town in 1920 was in one corner of the gardens
- Inscription
- THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/[names in 3 columns on each of 3 plaques]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aitkens, C
Alderson, W B
Allison, W A
Andrawartha, W
Andrews, R
Armstrong, J
Armstrong, T
Atkinson, A
Atkinson, B
Banks, B
See details for all 276 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 276
Served and returned: 0
Died: 276
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,initials of forenames,decorations
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gates
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wrought Iron - Plaques / Panels with names
Measurements: height 1125MM, width 600MM
Materials: Bronze - Wall
Measurements: depth 500MM, height 2150MM, width 5400MM
Materials: Stone - Sandstone - Trophy / Relic
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Gates
- 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
- MARYPORT - WW1
- WMO ID: 118633
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 10-01-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Site: NIL-Given by the Senhouse Family
Comments: Contractors work to lower the high boundary wall, make new curtain wall for the tablets and new carriage drive etc by Mr W Marshall £785; Gates & Railings by J Wharton & Son for £224/10; Tablets for £223/15 from Nash & Hull Ltd; Cross of Sacrifice from HH Martyn & Co for £520 + 120 erection
Memorial: £1853- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Maryport Urban District Council (Allerdale Borough Council since 1974)
- Reference
- West Cumberland Times 26/2/1921 page 2g
- Whitehaven News 17/7/1924 page 3e- for the suicide of John Over on 10/7/1924 who had never recovered from the effects of shell shock incurred on the war. The inquest agreed that it was clearly "the aftermath of war preying on his mind"
- West Cumberland Times 23/11/1921 page 4a-c
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