Sponsor Type

public

Sponsored By

Inhabitants sponsored the Memorial.

Maintenance History

From 1920 to 1967 (when the branch was disbanded), the memorial was maintained by Lowca British Legion. Thenceforth it was maintained on a fairly informal basis by Lowca Parish Council until closure of the Methodist Chapel and its subsequent move-see elsewhere on this report. It was relettered by a villager in 1983 at a cost of £55 and again in 1990 by Stalkers of Whitehaven at a cost of £198.66 The removal of the memorial from the Chapel was undertaken by Beatties of Carlisle at a cost of £4219.23, of which £1,500 was covered by a grant from War Memorials Trust, the balance being paid by the Parish Council.

Ceremonies

Unveiled

25 April 1920

Thomas Crellin of Lowca