Egremont

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Reference WMO/119654

Address:

Market Place

Main Street

Egremont

CA22 2AE

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Serviceman/woman sculpture
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Two stepped base surmounted by a square pedestal in 3 stages and a figure of a soldier wearing a cap and backpack and standing at ease, which is on a roughly cast base. He rests his hands on his reversed rifle. The memorial stands on a small traffic island with low metal railings placed around the edge. The inscription is in black lettering on the sides of the plinth. Names for WW2 have been placed on two tablets set into a cut out section of the upper step on the 3 and 9 o'clock faces of the memorial. The Sculptor was C W Coombes and the builders were H H Martyn and Co.. Unveiled by Colonel RJ Woulf Flanagan, East Lancs & Border Infantry Brigade and Dedicated by Revd W Thwaites, Rector of Egremont 8 October 1922, Unveiled by Mr Jack Graham and Dedicated by the Bishop of Carlisle 9 November 1952
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6 o'clock face: THE GREAT WAR /1914-1918./ IN EVERLASTING MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND DIED/ "IN FREEDOM'S FIGHT/ TO RESCUE RIGHT." 3 and 9 o'clock face: (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names) 12 o'clock face: (Names)

WW1- 3 o’clock Face- Column 1- J. BARBOUR, J. BARTON, A. BAWDEN, A.P. BAXTER, L. BELL, W.A. BENN, J. BIGRIGG, J. BORROWDALE, N. BOWNESS, W.E. BOWNESS, E. BREW, A. BRIGGS, T. BRIGGS, W. BROCKLEBANK, T. BRYAN, E.E. CARTNER, J. CARTWRIGHT, L. CHAPPLE, J. A. COULTER, Column 2- J.J. CROSS, T. DAKIN, G. DAWSON, W. DONALDSON, C. DORAN, F.M. DOWNES, J. DUNN, T. EARL, B. EILBECK, J. ERRINGTON, T. FARAGHER, W. FARAGHER, J.S. FAWCETT, H. FERGUSON, H. FISHER, S. FULTON, J. GAINOR, R. GLOVER, T. GLOVER, R. GOAD, 12 o’clock Face- Column 1- G. GRAVES, W.J. GRAVES, W. GREGORY, J.W. HADWIN, C. HANSEN, T.K. HODGSON, E. HOLD, T.B. JACKSON, J. JOHNSTONE, H. KEGG, A.D. KIRKBRIDE, E.J. KNEALE, H. LANCASTER, J. LANCASTER, G. LANGHORN, J. LEECE, W. LITTLE, D.E. LONG, J. LOWTHER, W. LUCAS, Column 2- J.J. MANDALE, G. MARTIN, H.E. MARTIN, H. MARTIN, H. MASON, G. MATTERSON, M. MATTERSON, A. MCATEER, A. MCAVOY, J.P. MCAVOY, J. MCCONVILLE, J. MCCULLOUGH, J. MCFARLANE, W.H. MILBURN, B. MITCHELL, J. MITCHELL, S.J.W. MOFFAT, J. MONKHOUSE, H. MOSSOP, W. MOYLE, 9 o’clock Face- Column 1- J.R. MUNCASTER, N. MUNROE, W. MURRAY, T. NANSON, W.W. NELSON, G. NICHOLSON, J. O’NEILL, P. PALMER, R. PARKER, J. PATRICKSON, W.I. PATTERSON, W. PHILLIPS, R. ROBINSON, T. ROUTLEDGE, J. SEWELL, J. SEWELL, JOS. SEWELL, W. SEWELL, T. SIM, J.N. SIMPSON, Column 2- W. SOUTHWARD, T. SPEDDING, J. STEADMAN, R. STEELE, T.R. STEELE, F. STOKER, A. TAYLOR, A.D. THOMPSON, P. THWAITES, J. TYSON, W.G. TYSON, W.P. TYSON, J. VARAH, H. WALKER, I. WALKER, W.G. WALKER, J. WEDGEWOOD, J.W. WILLIAMSON, T. WILSON, W. WYBERGH, WW2- 3 o’Clock Face- L. ALLOTT, G. ANDREWARTHA, H. BRAGG, GRACE CUMMINGS, J. ELLWOOD, J.D. GILBERTSON, H. HILLARY, A.R. HARPER, J. HORNE, W. HAILE, J.E. JACKMAN, H. MOORE, C. MITCHELL, 9 o’Clock Face- G. MATTINSON, R. NEWTON, P/ NOLAN, R.W. POSTLETHWAITE, W. PRESTON, W.A.U. ROBERTS, E. SPEARS, E. SPEDDING, A.S. THOMPSON, A. WEIR, J. WILSON, C.D. WILKINSON, J. WILKINSON, C. NOLAN,

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