Memorial
Whitehaven WW1 Borough Roll of Honour
Current Location
Document Reference DH7/2, Whitehaven Archive & Local Studies Centre, Scotch Street, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria, CA28 7NN, England
OS Grid Reference
NX 97574 18111
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- WMR Reference Number
- 72636
- Description
- Paper Book bound in blue card, with gold tooled lettering on the front.
- Inscription
- Front Cover- BOROUGH OF WHITEHAVEN/ROLL OF HONOUR/EUROPEAN WAR/1914-1918 Inside the Book- PREFACE/This ROLL OF HONOUR/has been compiled by the/Town Council at the frequently expresses wish of the/Burgesses, who have naturally desired to have recorded/in some permanent form the names of those Men of/our Town who offered their lives in the common cause./ It is a record of which the Borough may well be/proud. It contains no less than 2,383 names of men/who served in the Forces during the Great War. Of/this number no less than 314 (whose names are printed/in heavier type)/have laid down their lives. The utmost pains have been taken to make the/record a complete one. Many hundreds of enquiries/have been addressed to Sailors and Soldiers and their/relatives, and in numerous cases personal visits have/been paid. The Roll has also been revised by the Clergymen/of the Borough and others, who possess records, and to whom the thanks of the Committee are due. It is feared, nevertheless, that there may be/omissions. The difficulty experienced in this respect/is due to the fact that those who most willingly offered/their services are the most unwilling to pose as heroes/or claim recognition. In particular, it is certain that/the record of decorations (numerous as they appear) is by no means complete. The Roll of Honour constitutes a sufficiently im-/pressive record of the services rendered by Whitehaven/in the Great War, but it is by no means an exhaustive/one. Some idea of the activities of the Borough in/other essential respects may be gathered from the fact/that, notwithstanding the heavy enlistments of men/from the Whitehaven Collieries, no less than 2,234,806/tons of coal were produced during the War, whilst in/adddition to the ordinary day-by-day investments in/War Funds the sum of £970,452 was raised by special/efforts for the purpose of providing War material. On/the occasion of "Business Men's Week", 4th to 9th/March, 1918, the Borough took the high position of/fifth place amongst all the towns of England, Wales/and Scotland, on the basis of population./ J.R. MUSGRAVE, Mayor/ TOWN HALL, WHITEHAVEN,/September 1919/ Roll of Honour/[names]
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 2383
- Served
- 2067
- Died
- 316
- Information shown
- surname, forenames, rank, regiment, service number, address, date of death, manner of death, other (eg date of wounding or discharge)
- Order of names
- surname
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- surname, forename, rank, regiment, home address, date of death, manner of death, decorations
- Additional Information
- This is Abraham Acton VC
- Costs
- £15
Previous Location(s)
Shelf reference 44WHI, Daniel Hay Library, Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria, CA28 7QT, England
OS Grid Reference
NX 97526 17956
Reason for move
More secure home, on opening of Whitehaven Archive Centre
- Custodian
- Cumbria County Council
Components
- Book
Made from: Paper
Condition: Good
- Minutes of WBC Soldier's Memorial Committee 1 March 1920, Minute 7
- See reference YPR 22/2/2 at Whitehaven Record Office, for an ealier draft of the ROH which was circulated to all the Town Clergy for their comments and input
- See file SMBWH 1/3/316 at Whitehaven Record Office, for letters submitted by next of kin, for inclusion on the Roll of Honour