Morecambe

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Reference WMO/183221

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Memorial Gardens

Marine Road Central

Morecambe

LA4 4BU

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Cenotaph
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The memorial is constructed from granite with 2 no bronze wreaths and a bronze lion sitting on a stepped base. It is set back from the road and sits within a stone circular dwarf walls with four access paths leading north, south east and west.It was completed in 1921 and designed by Thomas Haytom Mawson. It was Listed by English Heritage in 1921. The two inscriptions read; 1914-1919/TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF MORECAMBE/WHO FELL IN WORLD WAR 1/THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/(NAMES) (South elevation) 1939-1945/IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF MORECAMBE AND HEYSHAM WHO DIED IN WORLD WAR II/(NAMES) (North elevation).
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The two inscriptions read; 1914-1919/TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF MORECAMBE/WHO FELL IN WORLD WAR 1/THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/(NAMES) (South elevation) 1939-1945/IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF MORECAMBE AND HEYSHAM WHO DIED IN WORLD WAR II/(NAMES) (North elevation).

The monument is dedicated to the men of Morecambe and after amalgamation, Heysham, who died in the First World War (1941-1919) 224 soldiers, World War Two (1939-1945), 182 soldiers and the Korean War (1950-53), 1 soldier

Grade II (England)

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