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    Memorial

    Ulverston Cenotaph

    Overview of memorial

    Source: Copyright Stuart Nicholson

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    Current Location

    Market Square, Market Street, Ulverston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SD 28573 78348

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    © WMR-4158

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    4158
    Description
    Square plan on a two stepped base with thin diagonal buttresses. Above inscribed bronze plaques on each face are crockketed gables with blind tracery decoration. The cross head is carried on a column of clustered shafts with a foliated capital.
    Inscription
    In Memory/of those from/ULVERSTON/ WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WAR/ MCMXIV - MCMXVIII/ (Names) MCMXIV - MCMXVIII/ (Names) MCMXIV - MCMXVIII/ (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    176
    Died
    176
    Information shown
    surname, forenames
    Order of names
    surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    59
    Died
    59
    Information shown
    surname, forename
    Order of names
    surname
    Maker(s)
    • WILLIAM GERSHOM COLLINGWOOD, Designer

    Maintenance History
    2014: Cleaned and repaired at a cost of £12,784 of which £7.562 was a grant from English Heritage and the balance by public subscription.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    11 May 1921

    Privates Richard Cross and Albert Jones, both of whom lost their right legs in the war

    Dedicated

    11 May 1921

    Bishop of Carlisle

    Components

    Base

    Height: 2100mm

    Width: 2600mm

    Depth: 2600mm


    Made from: Stone - Sandstone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1270224

    Plaques

    Height: 1755mm

    Width: 435mm


    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1270224

    Cross

    Height: 3350mm

    Width: 1800mm

    Depth: 1800mm


    Made from: Stone - Sandstone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1270224

    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    118532

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    • Listed Buildings Online ID: 459967
    • Westmorland Gazette 30 January 2014, p13 Report on cleaning and repair.
    • Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/seant_25/614947360/in/photostream/
    • Carlisle Journal 15/5/1921 page 5b