Memorial

Eamont Bridge

Eamont Bridge, Boer War Side

Source: Copyright Stuart Nicholson

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Current Location

Beside Arthur's Round table, Eamont Bridge Cross, B5320/A6 junction, Eamont Bridge, Eden, Cumbria, CA10 2BU, England

NY 52358 28412

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 3050
Description: Two-stepped rectangular base surmounted by a rectangular sectioned plinth, capstone, tapering rectangular sectioned shaft incorporating an integrated Celtic-styled wheel cross. Portrait medallions of the two who died in the Boer War are mounted on front of shaft. Designs in relief on fronts of capstone and shaft.
Inscription: Shaft face (north) below upper relief: W.TODD // Shaft face (north) below lower relief: J.HINDE // Plinth face (north): AT THAT CRISIS / IN THE HISTORY OF THE EMPIRE / WHEN VOLUNTEERS WERE INVITED FOR / ACTIVE SERVICE IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR. / THIS VILLAGE OF EAMONT BRIDGE SENT FOUR, / (3 NAMES) / OF THE 24TH COY (WESTMORLAND AND CUMBERLAND) / IMPERIAL YEOMANRY, and (1 NAME) OF THE / VOLUNTEER COY OF THE BORDER REGIMENT. / OF THESE / (2 NAMES) / WERE KILLED IN ACTION AT FABERS PUT / 30TH MAY, 1900. // Top step face (north): THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / ON THIS HISTORIC SITE GRANTED BY LORD BROUGHAM and VAUX, 1901. / Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. // Base of shaft (east face): SECOND WORLD WAR /1939-1945 // Plinth face (east): (3 NAMES) // Lower step (west), upper face: W. GRANT STEPHENSON, RSA, design. Et illust. / W. GRISTLENTHWAITE, fec. //

War: Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Number Commemorated: 4
Served: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: Forename, surname, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death
Order of names: Regiment, surname