Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Copeland
- Town
- Hensingham, Whitehaven
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- MESSRS NASH & HULL (Makers)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 6 April 1949
Attended by: - Dedicated
Date: 6 April 1949 - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8993
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Current location
Entrance Porch
Hensingham Methodist Church
Main Street
Hensingham
Whitehaven
Copeland
Cumbria
CA28 8RE
England
OS Grid Ref: NX 98747 16924
Denomination: Methodist
- Previous locations
- Methodist Church
Lowther Street
Whitehaven
Copeland
Cumbria
CA28 7NG
England
OS Grid Ref: NX 97503 18034
Denomination: Methodist
- Methodist Church
- Description
- The memorial is bronze, with 35mm wide borders which have a leaf motif. The top and bottom are arcs and the lettering is raised.
- Inscription
- IN GRATEFUL/ MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH/ AND SCHOOL WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN AND THROUGH THE/ WORLD WAR 1939-1945/[names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bone, Eric
Borrowdale, Joseph L
Carey, Eric R
Carey, Robert E
Eccles, Edmund
Moorhouse, Edwin
Shaw, G Trevor
Stout, Geoffrey S
Tranmer, Eric W
See details for all 9 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: depth 15mm, height 475mm, width 360mm
Materials: Bronze
- 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
Memorial: £43/3/6
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
Details: By Mrs Hannah Sophia Carey, the mother of two of the casualties - Reference
- Docket of Chapel Papers Ref. YDFCM2/654 Held at Whitehaven Record Office
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