Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Allerdale
- Town
- Torpenhow
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Mr Dewar, headmaster of Bothel School (Calligrapher)
- Ceremony
- Presented
Date: 17 Dec 1916
Attended by: Lady Gilford - Dedicated
Date: 17 Dec 1916
Attended by: The Vicar - Show More (1)
- Presented
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 67564
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Current location
North wall of nave
St Michael's Church
Torpenhow
Allerdale
Cumbria
CA7 1HZ
England
OS Grid Ref: NY 20540 39741
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A Paper Roll of Honour, with text in Calligraphy, with the Union Jack top centre, crossed flags of allies top left, and of the enemies top right. This is set in a wooden frame, surmounted by a cross and with two candle (or vase holders).
- Inscription
- FOR KING AND COUNTRY/OUR ROLL OF HONOUR/[names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bewley, Henry
Birney, John B
Chapelhow, George
Dalzell, James
Gate, William
Graham, John Ismay
Henderson, James
Highmoor, John F
Horne, John
Horne, Jonathan
See details for all 17 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: 0
Died: 17
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname and full forenames
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Roll of honour
Measurements: depth <5mm, height 615mm, width 495mm
Materials: Paper - Frame
Measurements: depth 20mm, height 710mm, width 590mm
Materials: Wood, Glass
- Roll of honour
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Wigton Advertiser 23/12/1916 page 2d-regarding its origins as part of a street shrine
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