Memorial

Eskdale

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Source: Copyright Stuart Nicholson

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Current Location

Opposite the old ‘Low School’ Eskdale., Valley Road/ Stanley Ghyll Force road junction , between Boot and Dalegarth, Eskdale, Copeland, Cumbria, CA19 1TF, England

OS Grid Reference

NY 17133 00577

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 3954
Description: Grey Granite Memorial with Celtic cross on a tapering shaft and square base. The memorial is in a fenced off corner of a field raised approx 800mm above road level, with iron railings on top of low boundary dry stone walls on all four sides. The area of the memorial compound is covered in gravel.
Inscription: East face:THESE FELL/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914 - 1918/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Names) North Face: THESE SERVED/ IN THE FORCES/ 1914 - 1918/ (Names) South face: THESE SERVED IN THE FORCES 1914-1918/ (Names) West face: THESE SERVED IN THE FORCES 1914-1918/ (Names)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 67
Served: 54
Died: 13
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of names: surname for the served & returned but not for the fallen

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 4
Died: 4
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames

War: First World War - civilians
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname and forename
Order of names: This is Ellie Porter

History

Maker(s): WILLIAM GERSHOM COLLINGWOOD, Designer
Thomas Preston, Makers

Ceremonies

Dedicated

16th May 1920

Bishop of Barrow

Unveiled

10th April 1949

Mr James D. Porter: the oldest person in the dale who had lost a daughter, Ellie, in the Land Army in WW1.

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Eskdale

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Commemoration

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Eskdale

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

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