Beckermet St John's Parish

Submit a new image

Reference WMO/168296

Address:

Beckermet Cemetery

A595/Beckermet north road junction

Thornhill

CA22 2NX

England

Open large map

War Memorials Trust case: War Memorials Trust needs to avoid Contributors changing location/description details as we help to protect and conserve this war memorial through our casework. You can still add photographs, update condition and use the tabs below. If you believe any of the information you cannot edit is wrong or information is missing, please make a note of the reference number and include it in your email when you contact us.

Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Other cross
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Stone Celtic cross surmounting two rough cut stone blocks, which form a plinth and a base. The dedication is on the shaft of the cross. There is a pink granite tablet affixed to the 6 o'clock (north) face of the plinth for WW1, and another pink granite tablet affixed to the 12 o'clock (south) face for WW2. Both tablets have incised black lettering. Below the south (WW2) face is an added tablet flat in the grass which records the renovation in 2021
Report this condition update

View more details
Report this condition update

View more details

Grants to support the repair and conservation of war memorials are available from the charity War Memorials Trust if it has raised funds. Support is focused on war memorials in Very bad or Poor condition or where there is a serious Concern.

Before applying for a grant you should read the advice available on War Memorials Trust`s website. The What we can and cannot fund helpsheet explains what types of work the charity can fund.

If you believe your project is eligible for a grant you should complete the Pre-application enquiry form. You will need to be registered and logged in to complete this.

The Pre-application enquiry form is a series of questions to see if your project is eligible. If it is, you will need to provide further details and submit current colour photographs of the war memorial in either a png, gif, jpg or jpeg format.

You can save your Pre-application enquiry form as you go along. Once submitted War Memorials Trust will respond.

Please be aware that a summary of your enquiry, without your contact details, will appear on this page once submitted. This ensures others are aware that an enquiry has been made and can read the response to avoid duplicate enquiries. Information provided by you to us will be used for the purpose of managing the grant enquiry, for further details please read our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy .

As a charity, War Memorials Trust relies on voluntary donations and every contribution, no matter how large or small, makes a really big difference to our work. Your donation will help protect and conserve war memorials for future generations so please support War Memorials Trust’s work.

Report this comment
Report this comment
Report this comment
Report this comment

The Cross Piece of the north face of the shaft- IN/LASTING MEMORY/OF; Bottom of the north face of the shaft-THE MEN OF/ST JOHNS PARISH/AND/BECKERMET VILLAGE; WW1 Tablet-WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918/[names]; WW2 Tablet- AND THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR/1939-1945/[names]; The renovation tablet-This/War Memorial/was renovated by/Beckermet with Thornhill/Parish Council/2021

WW1- Column 1-WJ GRAVES./WH MILBURN/W SEWELL/R STEELE/J TYSON/T WILSON/ W DODGSON; Column 2-JJ MANDALE/J R MUNCASTER/S SIMM/P THWAITES/J VARAH/H KEGG/S MOFFAT, AJ STEELE; WW2- Column 1- W ARMSTRONG/ W H LBEATTIE/ R BEWSHER/ J E BLAIR/ C CLARKE/ F COWLEY/ W B CURRIE/ H GLAISTER/ W F JENKINSON/ W H KEY; Column 2- J D MCEVOY/ D G PODMORE/ W I READ/ J SATTERTHWAITE/ W SATTERTHWAITE/ K SMITH/ S SPEDDING/ F TEASDALE/ I TYSON/ R TYSON

Grade II (England)

1457600

Information Required

Information Required

Information Required

Information Required