Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Battlefield cross or marker
- District
- South Lakeland
- Town
- Grasmere
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4189
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Current location
St Oswald's Church
Church Stile
Grasmere
South Lakeland
Cumbria
LA22 9SN
England
OS Grid Ref: NY 33718 07379
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Battlefield cross.
- Inscription
- PTE. W. W. PEASCOD 25621 / BORDER REGT 8 BN / KIA 5 NOV 1917
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Peascod, W W
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,initials of forenames, rank,date of death,regiment,manner of death,service number
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Battlefield Cross or Marker
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Battlefield Cross or Marker
- 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
- Private William W. Peascod
- WMO ID: 162698
- Condition: Good [last updated on 25-06-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Throughout 2017 there is major restoration work happening in the church tower, so the memorial is inaccessible. It will be 2018 before it can be determined if the memorial has survived this work. Visited in July 2021 and the cross is still in place at the base of the tower.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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