2nd Lt J Hamer and Men of Borrowdale

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Reference WMO/152248

Address:

Castle Crag

near Rosthwaite

CA12 5XA

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Land
Materials:
  • Flora and Fauna Flora and Fauna (any)
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: On National Trust Property: In 1920 the 900-ft summit of Castle Crag, at the head of Derwent­water, was given to the National Trust by Sir William Hamer and his family, in memory of John Hamer, who was killed in action in 1918, and the ten men of Borrowdale who were also killed in the First World War. The Hamer family were probably persuaded by the secretary of the National Trust, Samuel Hamer brother of Sir William Hamer (father of John Hamer), to donate money in 1918 for a memorial to their son, who fell in France in March 1918. But along with the fallen, the benefactor’s son is also commemorated (he was from London). He is also commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial (Panel 60).In 1920 the 18 acres on top of Castle Crag were bought for £150 from the executors of Colonel CV Conway Gordon and handed over to the National Trust. It was the intention of the Hamer parents that the plaque fixed to the summit rock commemorate only their son, John Hamer, but Canon Rawnsley persuaded them to include all the local fallen even though there was already a memorial to them in Grange churchyard.
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Castle Crag Was Given To The/ National Trust In Memory Of/ John Hamer/ 2nd Lieut 6th KSLI Born July 8 1897/ Killed In Action March 22 1918/ Also Of/ The Following Men Of Borrowdale/ Who Died For The Same Cause/ (Names)

John Hamer, George Lawson Bird, Edward John Boow, John Henry Dover, John Edmondson, Frank Hindmoor, Herbert Edward Leyland, Wilson Nicholson, Thomas Richardson, John William Rigg, Arthur Edwin Wilson

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