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    Memorial

    Moor Row and Scalegill

    Overview of Memorial

    Source: Copyright Shirley Hitchcock

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    Current Location

    50 yards before the junction with Dalzell Street, Scalegill Street, Moor Row, Copeland, Cumbria, CA24 7JL, England

    OS Grid Reference

    NY 00469 14239

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    © WMR-3909

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    3909
    Description
    Celtic cross on top of a plinth and two stage base, all of Granite, in a hexagonal enclosure which has iron railings all round and a gate on the back face. The WW2 memorial is a separate tablet at the base of the 9 o'clock face. For WW1 the names are on the 2 side and the back faces of the plinth.
    Inscription
    TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND / IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF THE / MEN WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR / TRUTH AND RIGHT IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918. / THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD AS WE THAT RE LEFT GROW OLD; / AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM / NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN. / AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN IN THE MORNING, WE SHALL / REMEMBER THEM. / (Names) IN GRATEFUL MEMORY /OF THOSE WHO MADE THE/ SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE WAR/ 1939 - 1945 / (Names) /THEY LIVE FOREVER/UNVEILED BY/R.O.M.S. J. K. THOMPSON, R.A.M.C./NOV. 14, 1948
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    42
    Died
    42
    Information shown
    surname, initials of forenames
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    12
    Died
    12
    Information shown
    surname, initials of forenames
    Maker(s)
    • Thomas Preston, Makers

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    23 October 1921

    Mr. H. A. Bonney B. A., Moor Row Primary School headmaster

    Unveiled

    14 November 1948

    R.O.M.S. J. K. THOMPSON, R.A.M.C

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 1800mm

    Width: 320mm

    Depth: 400mm


    Made from: Granite - Aberdeen


    Condition: Good


    Base

    Height: 250mm

    Width: 780mm

    Depth: 870mm


    Made from: Granite - Aberdeen


    Condition: Good


    Base

    Height: 270mm

    Width: 620mm

    Depth: 690mm


    Made from: Granite - Aberdeen


    Condition: Good


    Plinth

    Height: 710mm

    Width: 470mm

    Depth: 550mm


    Made from: Granite - Aberdeen


    Condition: Good


    Fence/ Railing

    Height: 930mm

    Width: 7500mm

    Depth: 40mm


    Made from: Wrought Iron


    Condition: Good


    • Moor Row Primary school have fully researched all the casualties-their file is on the Local History Shelves at Whitehaven Record Office
    • Whitehaven News 27 October 1921 page 6e-f- unveiling report