Memorial

Grasmere -Cross

Cross

Source: Copyright Stuart Nicholson

1/2

Current Location

Outskirts of village, Recreation Park, Grasmere, South Lakeland, Cumbria, LA22 9TA, England

OS Grid Reference

NY 33853 07788

View location on Google Maps

Names listed on this memorial

Contribute to the War Memorials Register

Send us details and photographs of your local war memorials, to help enhance the information about the people, places and events they commemorate.

Contribute now

This record shows everything IWM currently knows about this memorial. We are continually updating our records.

To share information or photographs, contact us.

Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 4186
Description: Cross with a wheel head of pre-Norman type, carved front, back and sides with runic knot work, T and T and key patterns from ancient Cumberland and Westmorland crosses. The front has panels which symbolise peace and victory, a dove bearing an olive branch, and a Hart, an emblem of right, trampling upon the servant of evil (as can be seen on the Gosforth cross). The front face of the cross is decorated with carved Scandinavian interlace designs around a central boss in the cross-head. The cross surmounts a rectangular tapered shaft which has designs incorporating panels which symbolise peace and victory, a dove bearing an olive branch, a herringbone design panel, and a stag trampling upon the serpent of evil, a traditional motif for the Christian conquest over sin and error.
Inscription: IN HONOUR OF THE MEN/OF GRASMERE WHO/FOUGHT AND IN EVER/THANKFUL MEMORY/OF THE MEN WHO DIED/FOR GOD, FOR KING, FOR HOME/FOR FREEDOM, PEACE & RIGHT/IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918/1939-1945/THE IMMORTAL DEAD/THESE DIED IN WAR THAT WE AT PEACE MIGHT LIVE/THESE GAVE THEIR BEST, SO WE OUR BEST SHOULD GIVE/NOT FOR THEMSELVES, FOR FREEDOM, HOME AND RIGHT/THEY FOUGHT AND BID US FORWARD TO THE FIGHT/H.D.C./SEE YE TO IT THAT THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN Tree Plaque-THIS TREE WAS PLANTED/ON THE 19TH AUGUST 1995/TO MARK THE 50TH/ANNIVERSARY OF THE/END OF WW II

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)

War: Second World War (1939-1945)

History

Maker(s): WILLIAM GERSHOM COLLINGWOOD, Designer
W Bromley of Keswick, Builder

Ceremonies

Unveiled

13 May 1921

Bishop of Carlisle

Dedicated

13 May 1921

Bishop of Carlisle

War MemorialsRegister

Grasmere -Cross

Current Location

OS Grid Reference

Names listed on this memorial

Contribute to the War Memorials Register

Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Ceremonies

Conservation

Grasmere -Cross

Current Location

OS Grid Reference

Names listed on this memorial

Contribute to the War Memorials Register

Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Ceremonies

Conservation

Components

Further Information