Memorial details

Memorial type
Park / Sports field
District
South Lakeland
Town
Arnside
County
Cumbria
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Non-Specific Conflict
Ceremony
  • Conveyance
    Date: 1946-1947
    Attended by: Mrs Bradley Barker & Mrs Bradley Bulman
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
4201

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Current location

top of the hill
near the Roman Catholic Church
Playing Fields
Silverdale Rd
Arnside
South Lakeland
Cumbria
LA5 0DX
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 45831 78390
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Playing fields with slate dedication plaque to the left of the main entrance. Further back along the wall is a small rockery garden set back into the wall. Three slate tablets are attached to the rear wall - a central dedication tablet, with tablets for the two World Wars flanking it. Formerly there was a large sign behind the entrance (lost by 2012).
Inscription
Entrance Sign (now Lost)- ARNSIDE PARISH COUNCIL/WAR/MEMORIAL/PLAYING FIELD/Dedicated to All those/who served in the Wars Tablet beside the entrance: THIS FIELD IS DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WARS OF 1914-1918 & 1939-1945 CENTRAL TABLET - TO THE FALLEN/1914-18 1939-45/AND OTHER CONFLICTS/”WE WILL REMEMBER THEM” Left-hand tablet: 1914-1918/ (Names) Right-hand tablet: 1914-1918 Cont./ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Baxter, Fb
Beatham, Jw
Billington, Gpb
Billington, H
Burrow, Jh
Bush, Dg
Collins, J
Eccles, Jh
Edwards, Ab
Elliott, Taw
See details for all 34 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 28
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 28
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 6
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 6
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank
    Order of information: surname
  • Non-Specific Conflict
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: Undefined
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: depth 20mm, height 240mm, width 460mm
    Materials: Slate
  • Tablet
    Measurements: depth 40mm, height 330mm, width 610mm
    Materials: Slate
  • Plaques / Panels with names
    Measurements: depth 30mm, height 600mm, width 380mm
    Materials: Slate
  • Playing / Sports field
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
  • Board
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
History
The Entrance sign was lost between 1997 and 2013
Costs

Site: £2000

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Responsibility
Arnside Council

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