Memorial

Great Broughton

Memorial

Source: Copyright Stuart Nicholson

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Current Location

Memorial is outside the church, Christ Church, Kirklea Street, Great Broughton, Allerdale, Cumbria, CA13 0NA, England

OS Grid Reference

NY 07532 31674

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Stone of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 4037
Description: Rough Hewn stone of remembrance, with the top worked into a point, but otherwise unworked apart from the front face, which has the WW1 inscription. There is the relief of a wreath inset into the stone above the names. The stone is sat on a plinth (which has the WW2 names on the front face) and a base.
Inscription: IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918./ (NAMES)/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE/ FOR HIS FRIENDS" (NAME)/ ALSO THOSE WHO FELL IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 22
Died: 22
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of names: surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 4
Died: 4
Information shown: surname,forename,decorations
Order of names: surname

War: Second World War - civilians
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, forename
Additional Information: This is Elizabeth Moses who was one of 11 people who died (+70 injured) in an explosion at the nearby Broughton Moor Royal Naval Armaments Depot on 18th January 1944, she is not on the CWGC lists

Conservation

Components

Base

Height: 230mm

Width: 1000mm

Depth: 620mm

Made from: Slate

Condition: Good

Plinth

Height: 370mm

Width: 810mm

Depth: 500mm

Made from: Slate

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Great Broughton

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Great Broughton

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Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

Conservation

Components

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