Memorial

Heysham

3 o'clock face - the Dedication

Source: David Long

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Current Location

St Peter's Churchyard, Main Street, Heysham, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA3 2RN, England

SD 41048 61653

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 3333
Description: Sandstone Celtic wheel cross with a crown within a laurel wreath carved at the crossing with Celtic decorations on the upper shaft, which is tapered, and has a half-relief carving at its flared base depicting St George slaying the dragon. The shaft sits in a three-stage chamfered plinth, which carries the years of the conflict on the middle stage, with a dedicatory saying carved around the four faces of the lower stage. Celtic knotwork design flanks the carved dedicatory inscription on the 6 o'clock face, with the Names incised into the 9 and 3 o'clock faces of the square stone base. The base sits on two circular steps on a circular pavement surround.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face: 1914 - 1919/ To the glorious memory/ of the men of/ Heysham/ who fell in defence/ of their country/ in the Great War Around the plinth: The warrior heroes/ rest in many lands/ but here the symbol/ of their glory stands 9 and 3 o'clock faces: (Names)

Cross

Made from: Stone - Sandstone

Condition: Good

Carter Postcard Collection
Lancaster Guardian -2nd October 1920 - pg.5 - picture of unveiling by General Hunter, M.P.
2021 grant for restoration: https://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1797