Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Copeland
- Town
- Harrington
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- John Whittle & Son Ltd of Whitehaven (Makers)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 2nd March 1921
Attended by: Revd JR Croft, Vicar of Workington St John - Dedicated
Date: 2nd March 1921
Attended by: Revd JR Croft, Vicar of Workington St John - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 62313
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Current location
North wall of nave
St Mary's Church
On B5296 just east of ‘Beckstone Bridge’- the village centre
Harrington
Copeland
Cumbria
CA14 5PR
England
OS Grid Ref: NX 99416 25694
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rectangular brass plaque with foliate border and rose emblems at corners and centre top and bottom. Names in five columns.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF THOSE OF THIS PARISH/ WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Agnew, S
Ambler, H
Anderson, Jo
Arnott, An
Askew, C
Barker, F
Beresford, L
Bird, J
Birnie, Ed
Blair, H
See details for all 118 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 123
Served and returned: 0
Died: 123
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,initials of forenames ,rank (if an officer),decorations
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: depth 20mm, height 705mm, width 1065mm
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: depth 40mm, height 790mm, width 1140mm
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- 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
Comments: Subscriptions raised £92/10/7- after all expenses there was a blance on the account of £1/14/1.
Memorial: £84/7/6- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Parish Magazines at Whitehaven Record Office-For cost -the magazines also contain certain casualties as they died
- See File YPR 16/64 for invoice (thus the maker) and Subscription book
- West Cumberland Times 5/3/1921 page 2g
- Harrington Local History group have researched all the casualties-see YDX 386 at Whitehaven Record Office
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