Memorial

Preston Patrick/Crooklands Westmorland Cross

Overview of Memorial

Source: Copyright Stuart Nicholson

1/1

Current Location

St Patrick's Church, Preston Patrick, Crooklands, South Lakeland, Cumbria, LA7 7NR, England

SD 53704 83520

Church of England

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

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

To share information or photographs, contact us.

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 67525
Description: Oak Cross on a 3 stepped base, with individual brass plaques for each casualty and with a backboard for the WW2 names
Inscription: THIS CROSS/ERECTED IN THE CHURCHYARD/DECEMBER 1916/AND PLACED HERE/FEBRUARY 1921/BEARS THE NAMES OF THOSE/FROM THIS PARISH WHO/DIED IN THE GREAT/WARS/1914-1919/1939-1946/[names]

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 32
Died: 32
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, date and place of death
Order of names: date of death

War: First World War - civilians
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, forename, rank, place and date of death
Order of names: This is Nurse Elizabeth Pattinson at a London Military Hospital died 19/3/1916

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 13
Died: 13
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, date and place of death
Order of names: date of death

Maker(s): Sedgwick Gunpowder Works of Gatebeck, Kendal, Makers
Sponsor Type: private
Sponsored By: Donated by Colonel Weston, the MP for Westmorland 1913-1926 (this is true for all Westmorland Crosses, as are the maker details below)
Maintenance History: Backboard added post WW2. William Alexander Duff (WW2) added early 21st century when it was realised he had been omittted even though he is buried in a war grave in the churchyard.