Men of Ambleside

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Reference WMO/170972

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St Mary's Church

Ambleside

LA22 9DH

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Other cross
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
  • Stone Slate
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Post-1945 War or Conflict
About the memorial: Two stepped base surmounted by a plinth and ornate gothic cross. At each corner of the plinth is a smaller pillar surmounted by an angel. Slate panels with names are on the sides of the plinth.Unveiled by Lieutenant Colonel George Gateny and dedicated by The Bishop of Barrow 6 March 1921,cleaned and restored 1999, rededicated 16 May 1999. On a raised mound in the Churchyard between the Church and the Parish Centre
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TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND IN PROUD AND / LOVING REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MEN OF / AMBLESIDE / WHO FELL IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD AS / WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD, / AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM / NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN/ [names]/-+ALSO IN MEMORY OF+/THE MEN OF AMBLESIDE/RYDAL AND LOUGHRIGG WHO/DID IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/1939-1945/[names]/ Bottom step of 6 o’clock face-ON ACTIVE SERVICE/NICHOLAS J. MARTAKIES/BELIZE 1991

WW1-3 o’clock face EDWARD ASPLIN/JOHN ATKINSON/C. HUMPHREY BAYLEY/EDWARD BATTERSBY/JOHN BEETHAM/WALTER D. BIGLAND/JAMES BLACK/ALBERT R. CAPSTICK/CHARLES CHRISTIAN/THOMAS C. CLAPHAM/GEORGE DAWSON/JOSEPH DAWSON/JOSEPH J DOUTHWAITE [He is buried at Ambleside, died 2nd June 1919 aged 28]/WALTER B DOUTHWAITE/ISAAC DUGDALE [He is buried at Ambleside, died 19th January 1917, aged 37]/THOMAS DUGDALE/CHARLES H. ENTWISTLE/CHARLES FLITTERS/GEORGE FORREST/WILLIE GARDNER[He is buried at Ambleside, died 18th May 1918 aged 18]/ROBERT W.W. GRAY/JOHN GREGG/HAROLD HARDACRE 12 o’clock face HERBERT HARDY/RICHARD HARPER/JOHN HARRISON/F.H. STANLEY HAWKSWORTH/FRANK W. HAWKRIGG/JAMES HEMS/CLIFFORD HINDMOOR/JOHN HODGSON/GEORGE W. HOLMES/JOHN W. HOLMES/ERIC W. LAFONE/ALBERT E. LAMB [He is buried at Ambleside, died 3rd November 1918, aged 32]/GEORGE LEWIS/FRANK MACKERETH/ANDREW T.S. MacIVER/REGINALD S. MacIVER/ROBERT T. MacIVER/ROGER MARTIN/JOSEPH S. METCALFE/EDWARD P.H. MITCHELL/ALBERT NEWBY/GAYTHORNE R.R.C. PARKER/WILLIAM PEARCE 9 o’clock face JOSEPH PORTER/THOMAS H. PRICKETT/TOM ROBINSON/ROBERT ROSKELL/HARRY SALKELD/ALBERT SHUTTLEWORTH/JAMES SHUTTLEWORTH/ASHTON SPROAT/FRED STANLEY/NORMAN STAVELEY/WILLIAM STAVELEY/RICHARD STOBBART/ROBERT W. STRICKLAND/FRANK THISTLETHWAITE/BERTIE A. THOMAS/HAROLD VITY/JAMES H. WALKER/WALTER WALKER/TOM WHITEHEAD/ARTHUR E. WOODEND/JAMES W. WOODEND/GEORGE D. WALKER WW2-3 o’clock face-MICHAEL AITCHISON/HARRY BARROW/RONALD BELL/VICTOR COUPE/FRANK DODD/WALTER FLEMING/GEORGE FRANCE/ERNEST FROSTICK/NORMAN GARSIDE 12 o’clock face-ROLAND GREENWOOD/STANLEY GREENWOOD/JOSEPH HEATON/DONALD HODGE/JOHN HODGSON/DOUGLAS JENNINGS/JACK MARTIN [He is buried at Ambleside, died 7th May 1940, aged 29]/JAMES MIDDLETON/WILSON PEARCE [He is buried at Ambleside, died 26th October 1943 aged 32] 9 o’clock face-JOHN ROBSON/ROBERT SHUTTLEWORTH/JAMES STEPHENSON/LIONEL THOMPSON/ [He is buried at Ambleside, died 7th January 1945 aged 29. He was serving with the Air Sea Rescue Service.]/ROBERT THORNBROUGH/ DENNIS TWITCHEN [He is buried at Ambleside, died 1st February 1943 aged 27]/MARTIN TYSON/LEO WOODBURN There are two casualties buried at Ambleside, but not on the memorial: Driver W.R. Watkinson, RASC, died 29th June 1943; Driver M.W. Cooper, RASC, died 22nd June 1941. Belize-NICHOLAS J. MARTAKIES/BELIZE 1991- died 25th April 1991 aged 23. [Lance Corporal 2475105 King’s Own Royal Border Regiment.]

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