Cleator

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Reference WMO/169507

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Trumpet Terrace

Cleator

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
  • Stone Sandstone
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Silver Grey granite (from Creetown, Galloway) Obelisk capped with an urn draped with a flag and a wreath, all set on a shallow base, then three lower levels of decreasing size (part of the inscription is on the top two of these levels), then the main shaft of the monument.The names of the fallen are inscribed in raised lead. This has now weathered to black, but was originally red. The memorial is in an enclosure whose walls are Cumberland red sandstone, the road side wall is surmounted by iron railings, and with a centrally positioned iron gate. There are two steps up to the memorial level, which are full width of the compound steps
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SOUTH FACE (facing the road) ERECTED/IN LOVING MEMORY OF/THE CLEATOR AND T. TERACE MEN/WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918/ KILLED/ [names]/DIED ON SERVICE/ [names]/WEST FACE (this is the right hand face as you stand on the road, the one facing Egremont) 1939-1945/ [names]

SOUTH FACE (facing the road) 1914-1918:/KILLED/ JOHN HANNAH/JOSEPH S. MCVITTIE/THOMAS HAZZARD/JOHN SULLIVAN/JAMES H. CARLISLE/ HENRY S. JAMES/ROBERT STEWART/HUGH MOORE/JOHN CURRIE/W. GORDON WALKER/JAMES J. BRADLEY/J. NELSON ROBINSON/WILLIAM J. HUTCHINSON/ROBERT LANCASTER/WILLIAM STOOP/ DIED ON SERVICE/ MATTHEW BYRNE/HENRY S. BYERS/JAMES B. ROBINSON/JOSEPH RIGG/JOHN BOWERS WEST FACE :1939-1945- JOHN BAILEY/HARRY H. BAWDEN/WILLIAM F. BIRKETT/WILLIAM J. CARRUTHERS/ROLAND FEE/ JOHN E. GARDNERWALLACE H. HARTLEY/JOHN MUNCASTER/WALTER SCRUGHAM/JAMES TOOLE

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