Memorial

Ambleside

Belize Plaque

Source: David Long

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Current Location

In Churchyard between the church and the Parish Centre, on a raised mound, St Mary's Church, Ambleside, South Lakeland, Cumbria, LA22 9DH, England

NY 37382 04349

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 4230
Description: A slate memorial comprising a botonne cross, with a rose carved in a coiled roundel at the crossing, mounted on a tapered octagonal shaft, which is set into a roofed cloister bearing an heraldic device on a shield within Gothic arches in the eight spaces. Beneath is the main plinth carrying the WW1 dedication and names, which are inscribed on alternate panels, with an angel bearing a wreath stood on separate pillars, linked to the plinth by flying buttresses, in the four corners between the name plaques. The whole is mounted on a single base, which is in turn mounted on a step, which carries the WW2 dedication beneath that for WW1, with plaques carrying the WW2 names set below those carrying the WW1 names. An additional panel carries the name of a 1981 casualty from Belize.
Inscription: PLINTH, SIDE ONE: TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND IN PROUD AND / LOVING REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MEN OF / AMBLESIDE / WHO FELL IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD AS / WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD, / AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM / NOR YEARS CONDEMN/ 6 o’clock face-+ALSO IN MEMORY OF+/THE MEN OF AMBLESIDE/RYDAL AND LOUGHRIGG WHO/DIED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/1939-1945/[names on other face/ Bottom step of 6 o’clock face-ON ACTIVE SERVICE/[name of Belize casualty] PLINTH, OTHER SIDES: (NAMES)

War: 20th Century Conflict (1900-1999)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, year of death, place of death, forename
Additional Information: died 25th April 1991 aged 23. Lance Corporal 2475105 King’s Own Royal Border Regiment., in Belize