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    Memorial

    Lancaster - Westfield War Memorial Village

    Overall View of Memorial

    Source: Copyright Stuart Nicholson

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    Current Location

    Westfield House & Memorial Village, West Road/Storey Avenue, Lancaster, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 5NX, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SD 46906 61691

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    © WMR-18650

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    Type of Memorial
    Memorial homes / Alms houses
    WMR Reference Number
    18650
    Description
    A village of 30 cottages built on land around Westfield House, former home of Sir Thomas Storey. The memorial village was created to provide "a settlement for disabled service men", more houses have been added subsequently. In the middle of the village is a memorial statue of a soldier supporting a kneeling wounded soldier on a plinth of stone masonry. There is a plaque on the 6 o'clock face of the plinth with an inscription.
    Inscription
    THE WESTFIELD WAR/ MEMORIAL VILLAGE/ FOUNDED IN GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF THE/ SACRIFICE MADE BY THE/ KING'S OWN ROYAL/ LANCASTER REGIMENT/ THE LANCASTER BATTERIES/ OF ARTILLERY AND OTHER/ LANCASTRIANS IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ THE CHILDREN OF/ SIR THOMAS STOREY/ GAVE THE PROPERTY/ THE COTTAGES WERE BUILT/ BY PUBLIC AND INDIVIDUAL/ SUBSCRIPTION THE VILLAGE/ WAS DESIGNED BY/ THOMAS HAYTON MAWSON
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Maker(s)
    • T H (THOMAS) MAWSON & SONS, Architect

    • MISS JENNIFER DELAHUNT, Sculptor

    Sponsor Type
    public
    Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information
    The land given by Mr Herbert Lushington Storey was the area of the former Storey Mansion with associated outbuildings plus 16 acres. Miss Mary Simpson of Lancaster left a bequest of £3,000 in 1935 for the village
    Maintenance History
    Additional houses were added between 1927 and WW2 and others in the 1950's after a fundraising drive launched in 1943. Electric lighting was installed in 1935 In 1987 the village was leased to Guinness Northern Counties and this enabled ongoing funding to be provided so that the homes could be modernised.

    Ceremonies

    Foundation Stone

    26 November 1919

    LORD RICHARD CAVENDISH

    Opened

    27 November 1924

    FIELD MARSHAL THE EARL HAIG KT GCB OM GCVO KCIE

    Unveiled

    4 August 1926

    General Sir ARCHIBALD HUNTER GCB MP

    Custodian
    From 1980 run by Northern Counties Housing Association.

    Components

    Plinth

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II*

    List Entry: 1195055

    Figure

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II*

    List Entry: 1195055

    Cottage

    Made from: Unknown


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II*

    List Entry: 1195055

    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    133380

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    • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westfield_War_Memorial_Village . Accessed 16 May 2023.
    • Pamphlet: Westfield War Memorial Village, In Commemoration of the 90th Anniversary of the War Memorial Village Lancaster 1919 - 2009, Saturday 18th July 2009 12.00 noon
    • Local Publication/Booklet: "The War Memorial Village, Westfield, Lancaster." Lancaster VE 2005: A Community Remembers, p.14.
    • Local Publication/Booklet published 1943 on history of village by J Bell. Carlisle Record Office ref. DB 48/13-gives a detailed plan of the village
    • "GENERAL SIR ARCHIBALD HUNTER AT LANCASTER." The Times, 5 Aug. 1926, p. 7., Issue 44342, column E.
    • The Mawson Archive at Kendal Record Office for photographs and plans- References WDB 86/9/50, 86/2/98/2 and 86/2/99/1 to 6, 86/3/242, 343 and 538, 86/4/164, 86/4/174/4b, 86/8/14, 86/A/98 and 99, 86/M/164
    • "Lancaster War Memorial Village inaugurated by Lord Richard Cavendish, on the Westfield Estate." Lancaster Guardian, 22 Nov. 1919, p. 5., column 2-5.
    • "NEW SETTLEMENT FOR EX-SERVICE MEN. VILLAGE OPENED BY LORD HAIG." The Times, 28 Nov. 1924, p. 11., Issue 43821, column D.
    • "Westfield memorial unveiled in anniversary ceremony + details of Lancaster ceremony." Observer, 6 Aug. 1926, p. 5., column 3-4.
    • "Westfield Village Ceremony 18th July." The Western Front Association Bulletin 85, Oct./Nov. 2009.
    • westfieldmemorialvillage.co.uk/ . Accessed 16 May 2023.