Memorial

Sedbergh

Plinth

Source: Copyright ME Griffiths

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Current Location

In the churchyard, St Andrew's Church, Back Lane, Sedbergh, South Lakeland, Cumbria, LA10 5BN, England

SD 65751 92039

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 469
Description: Latin cross set on a tapering shaft, square plinth and base. The dedication is on the 6 o'clock face with the names on the remining faces.
Inscription: REMEMBER THE MEN/ OF SEDBERGH TOWN WHO/ COUNTING NOT THEIR LIVES/ DEAR UNTO THEMSELVES DIED/ FOR FREEDOM AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)

Costs: £304/5/9
Maintenance History: In the late 1940s polished stone tablets were fixed to the base of the cross shaft and were inscribed with the names of the fallen from the Great War. Those names were originally inscribed on the sandstone base and were revealed when the tablets were removed for renovation in 2009. The names of the fallen from the Second World War were inscribed on the north and south faces of the stone plinth, also in the late 1940s.