Memorial

Haverthwaite

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Haverthwaite Cemetery, Village Entrance at the A590 junction opposite the Railway Station, Haverthwaite, South Lakeland, Cumbria, LA12 8AL, England

SD 34918 84143

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 4129
Description: Latin Cross on top of a 2 stage plinth and a 3 stepped base
Inscription: North (Road) Face- IN MEMORY OF THOSE/FROM THE PARISH OF/HAVERTHWAITE WHO/SERVED IN THE GREAT/WAR 1914-1919 AND/ESPECIALLY OF THOSE/WHOSE NAMES ARE/INSCRIBED HERE AND/WHO LAID DOWN THEIR/LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/THEIR NAME LIVETH/FOR EVERMORE East (A590) Face-[WW1 names]/ West (Angler’s Arms) Face-[WW1 names]/ South (Graveyard) Face-[WW1 name]/1939-1945/[names]

Maker(s): Dean John Brundrit, Architect
Mr Thoms of Lancaster, Makers
Costs: WW1-£158/12/6; WW2-£49/19/6
Sponsor Type: public
Sponsored By: Full subscription lists are at Barrow Record Office- references BSPC 8/14/3 and 5 for WW1 and WW2 respectively. The WW1 subscriptions raised £22/9/2 more than expenditure. This was partly used to add the 2 extra names (see below), partly for Rolls of Honour to be placed in each of the 2 local schools, partly for minor maintenace and the balance to assist in funding the WW2 additions.
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: Document BSPC 8/14/3 cited above fully details the cost breakdown.

Unveiled

27 Jun 1920

The Vicar