Low Mill Roll of Honour, Thornhill

  • Low Mill - Taken by Stuart Nicholson 12 Sep 2012

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  • Harry Christian VC grave - Taken by Stuart Nicholson 12 Sep 2012

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  • The former Parkhead Inn, where Harry Christian VC was the long term landlord - Taken by Stuart Nicholson 21 Feb 2023

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  • The name sign of Low Mill at the end of the lane - Taken by Stuart Nicholson 21 Feb 2023

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  • The name sign for Memorial House - Taken by Stuart Nicholson 21 Feb 2023

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  • The tablet - Taken by Stuart Nicholson 21 Feb 2023

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  • Overall View of the house, showing the tablet on the side gable - Taken by Stuart Nicholson 21 Feb 2023

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Reference WMO/168336

Address:

Low Mill Memorial House

Thornhill

near Egremont

Cumbria

CA22 2UE

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Sandstone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Sandstone Tablet on the side of a house- on the roadside gable end. Thornhill also had its own VC who died in 1974. A photograph of his gravestone at Egremont Cemetery is attached. The inscription on the gravestone reads-IN LOVING MEMORY/OF/ELLEN CHRISTIAN/WHO DIED 4TH OCT 1970 AGED 81 YEARS/BELOVED WIFE OF/HARRY CHRISTIAN VC/DIED 2ND SEP 1974/AGED 82 YEARS/ALWAYS REMEMBERED. Harry Christian was 23 years old, and a private in the 2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 18th October 1915 at Cuinchy, Pas-de-Calais, France, Private Christian was holding a crater with five or six men in front of the Allied lines. The enemy started a fierce bombardment of the position, forcing a temporary withdrawal. When he found that three men were missing, Private Christian at once returned alone to the crater and although bombs were continually bursting actually on the edge of the crater, he found, dug out and carried one by one into safety, all the three men. Later he placed himself where he could see the bombs coming and directed his comrades when and where to seek cover. His Victoria Cross is displayed at The King's Own Royal (Lancaster) Regiment Museum in Lancaster, England. He was born on 17 January 1892 at Pennington, near Ulverston, Lancashire, the son of William (an Iron Ore Miner) and Mary Jane Christian. The family moved to Thornhill when he was a babe in arms but were again in Ulverston (at Osmotherley) at the 1901 census. By the 1911 census Harry was already in the KORL, based in the Channel Islands. He was landlord of the Parkhead Inn, Thornhill for 40 years and retired to 1 Dent Road, Thornhill in 1970.
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LOW MILL ROLL OF HONOUR/1914 & 1918/ [names]

Column 1- H. CHRISTIAN V.C./ J CHRISTIAN Wounded/ W H CHRISTIAN Wounded/ J TYSON Killed/ L TYSON/ E MASON/ F MASON/ J HANNAH/ W HANNAH/ L PITT PITBLADY/ J T ARMSTRONG Killed/ J HARTLEY Killed/ G EVANS/ Column 2- H HARKNESS Wounded/ F HARKNESS/ W BENNETT/ J BENNETT/ R BOULTON Wounded/ A FISHER/ W FISHER/ T FISHER/ J FERGUSON/ W FERGUSON Wounded/ A SATTERTHWAITE/ G TYSON Wounded/

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