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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- South Lakeland
- Town
- Holme
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- MR THOMAS BOLTON
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: Nov 1923
Attended by: REV JARDINE
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4165
Current location
Memorial Garden
Duke St/Milnthorpe Road junction
Holme
South Lakeland
Cumbria
LA6 1PS
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 52336 78860
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- TWO STEPPED SQUARE BASE SURMOUNTED BY TAPERED PLINTH, SHAFT AND CELTIC CROSS. INSCRIPTION ON THE FRONT FACE OF THE PLINTH AND TOP STEP.
- Inscription
- 1914 - 1918/ TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ IN/ LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN/ THIS, THAT A MAN MAY LAY DOWN HIS/ LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/[names]/1939-1945/[names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barton, Joseph Thomas
Bush, Robert
Clarke, George
Conroy, Robert
Crawley, William
Gallery, William
Herd, James Edward
Jackson, Albert James
Jackson, George
Jackson, James
See details for all 31 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 29
Served and returned: 0
Died: 29
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename,surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 1100MM, height 3750MM, width 1250MM
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
- Costs
Site: £292 - 18 - 0
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
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