Memorial

Egremont

Dec 19 Full frontal view

Source: Copyright Lisa Jennings

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Current Location

Market Place, Main Street, Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, CA22 2AE, England

OS Grid Reference

NY 01039 10605

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 2965
Description: Two stepped base surmounted by a square pedestal in 3 stages and a figure of a soldier wearing a cap and backpack and standing at ease, which is on a roughly cast base. He rests his hands on his reversed rifle. The memorial stands on a small traffic island with low metal railings placed around the edge. The inscription is in black lettering on the sides of the plinth. Names for WW2 have been placed on two tablets set into a cut out section of the upper step on the 3 and 9 o'clock faces of the memorial.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face: THE GREAT WAR /1914-1918./ IN EVERLASTING MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND DIED/ "IN FREEDOM'S FIGHT/ TO RESCUE RIGHT." 3 and 9 o'clock face: (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names) 12 o'clock face: (Names)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 120
Died: 120
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of names: surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 27
Died: 27
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of names: surname

History

Maker(s): C W COOMBES, Sculptor
H H Martyn and Co., Makers

Ceremonies

Unveiled

8 October 1922

Colonel RJ Woulf Flanagan, East Lancs & Border Infantry Brigade

Dedicated

8 October 1922

Rev W Thwaites, Rector

Unveiled

9 November 1952

Mr Jack Graham

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Egremont

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Egremont

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