Memorial

Ernest Pass Memorial Cricket Ground

memorial

Source: Copyright Stuart Nicholson

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Current Location

Barrow in Furness Cricket Club, off Abbey Road (formerly known as Monk's Croft), Barrow-in-Furness, Barrow In Furness, Cumbria, LA13 9JS, England

SD 21066 71442

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Type of Memorial: Park / Sports field
WMR Reference Number: 68834
Description: Gateposts at the ground entrance with inscription carved into the post. There are also photographs of him in the Club Pavillion
Inscription: Left Hand Gatepost-ERNEST/PASS/MEMORIAL/GROUND/1927 Right Hand Gatepost- BARROW/CRICKET/CLUB

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, forename
Additional Information: This is 2nd Lt Alfred Ernest Pass, died 26/8/1918 aged 24

Sponsor Type: private
Sponsored By: The ground was donated by Alfred Shakespeare Pass (1865-1939), the father of the casualty (the club already played there but did not own the ground). He also paid to level the ground to hugely improve the pitch.
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: The value of the gift was estimated as at least £1,500 in 1927.

Tablet

Height: 600mm

Width: 375mm

Depth: inset

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Gate posts

Height: 2650mm

Width: 540mm

Depth: 370mm

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

North West Daily Mail newspaper 17th September 1927 reporting at length on the club's decision to accept the gift