Memorial

Seascale

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Current Location

St Cuthbert's Church, Seascale, Copeland, Cumbria, CA20 1PU, England

NY 03791 01123

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 3916
Description: Celtic Cross of red sandstone on a three tiered base with a stone surround. The patterns on the front are from the Runic Cross at Irton, and on the back is modelled on the vine pattern on the ancient Anglican cross shafts at Heversham and Bewcastle.
Inscription: IN GRATEFUL / REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MEN OF SEASCALE / WHO DIED FOR / THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT / WAR 1914-1918 / (names) / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVER MORE

Maker(s): William Gershom Collingwood, Designer
Prestons of Whitehaven, Makers

Unveiled

28 May 1921

Colonel DJ Mason DSO

Memorial

Height: 3000 mm

Width: 700 mm

Depth: 500 mm

Made from: Stone - Sandstone

Condition: Poor

West Cumberland Times 1/6/1921 page 1c
File about the building of the cross-reference YPR 39/3/2/8 at Whitehaven Archive Centre