Memorial

Second Lieutenant J Hamer and The Men Of Borrowdale

R&P Howells

Source: Copyright R&P Howells

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Current Location

Castle Crag, near Grange in Borrowdale, Allerdale, Cumbria, CA12 5XA, England

NY 25111 16031

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 3117
Description: Castle Crag with dedicatory slate tablet set into a rock. Inscription is carved into the tablet.
Inscription: CASTLE CRAG WAS GIVEN TO THE/ NATIONAL TRUST IN MEMORY OF/ JOHN HAMER/ 2ND LIEUT 6TH .K.S.L.I. BORN JULY 8 1897/ KILLED IN ACTION MARCH 22 1918/ ALSO OF/ THE FOLLOWING MEN OF BORROWDALE/ WHO DIED FOR THE SAME CAUSE/ (Names)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 11
Died: 11
Information shown: surname,initials of forenames, regiment
Additional Information: Names are listed alphabetically. Officers and other ranks are separated.

Sponsor Type: private
Sponsored By: By the father of John Hamer, one of the casualties commemorated
Maintenance History: Summer 2018- National Trust rebuilt the access path, with a retaining wall to hold back the surrounding scree

Land

Condition: Good

Tablet

Made from: Slate

Condition: Good

Cumbria Magazine December 2017 pages 55-60 for more on Millican Dalton, an eccentric & visionary who used a large cave left from quarrying , on the crag, as an air raid shelter during WW2.
Whitehaven News 22 August 2018 page 34, for the path rebuilding work