Burneside 'Westmorland Cross'

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Reference WMO/175286

Address:

St Oswald's Church

Burneside

LA9 6QX

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Other cross
Materials:
  • Metal Brass
  • Timber Oak
  • Unknown Unknown
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Large Wooden Cross with small brass nameplate for each casualty. In 2018 an additional plaque of unknown material was added alongside the cross. The lighting conditions in April 2022 were not good enough to photograph the individual plaques.
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On the Cross- [names as below]; The dedication plaque added in 2018- Commemorating the 100th anniversary/of the end of the 1st World War/Sunday 11th November 2018./In Memory of those who served in the Armed Forces/from Burneside and District/[picture of marching soldiers]/"They shall grow not old as we that are left old/Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn/At the going down of the sun and in the morning/We will remember them/Laurence Binyon

Left Arm- THOMAS WILLIAM MARTINDALE/PTE 22ND BATT MANCHESTER REGT/MAY 1917, LCE CPL C C TRAVIS/1ST BATT BORDER REGT/NOVEMBER 1916, THOMAS REUBEN ELLWOOD/PTE 6TH BORDER REGT/OCT 1917, PTE J M WALKER/2ND BATT BORDER REGT/APRIL 1917, Right Arm- LCE CPL D HARRISON/1ST BATT HLI/DECEMBER 1916, GEORGE LINE/PTE 9TH RW FUS/NOV 1917, 2ND LIEUT J G THOMPSON/RFC/MAY 1917, DAVID CLULOW/LCPL RAMC/NOV 1917, Main Body of the Cross- Top to Bottom- FRED WILSON/PTE ROYAL ENGINEERS/APRIL 1918, RICHARD STEELE BELL/SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS/APRIL 1918, THOMAS HERBERT RICHMOND/CAPT 2ND BATT KOYLI/NOVEMBER 1914, WILLIAM HOGGARTH/SERGT 8TH BATT BORDER REGT/JULY 1918, ROBERT WILLIAM HULLY/LCE CPL 8TH BATT BORDER REGT/JULY 1916, JOHN JAMES GASKELL/PTE 8TH BATT BORDER REGT/JULY 1916, ALFRED RILEY SILL/PTE 8TH BATT BORDER REGT/JULY 1916, THOMAS JOHNSON WIGHTMAN/PTE 8TH BATT BORDER REGT/JULY 1916, OSWALD STEELE DIXON/PTE 8TH BATT BORDER REGT/AUGUST 1916, HAROLD WRIGHT/GUNNER RHA/SEPTEMBER 1916, ERNEST MOORE/AB HAWKE BATT RND/DECEMBER 1917, THOMAS ASKEW STOREY/11TH BORDER REGT/AUGUST 1918, NORMAN CLARKE THOMPSON/PTE MANCHESTER REGT/SEPTEMBER 1918, ISAAC HOGGARTH DCM/CPL ARGYLE & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS/OCTOBER 1918, ROBERT CLULOW/PTE BORDER REGIMENT/OCTOBER 1918, JONATHAN THOMPSON/PTE 7TH BORDER REGIMENT/OCTOBER 1918, CAPT H J L WILLIAMS/1_6 BATTALION/DUKE OF WELLINGTONS REGT/DIED OF WOUNDS 7.11.18

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