Cockermouth and Papcastle

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Reference WMO/238091

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Cockermouth Fire Station (used to be the Railway Station)

The Sidings

Station Street

Cockermouth

CA13 9PZ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Allegory (eg: Victory)
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Stone (any)
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Rectangular Column supported by a life sized bronze female figure of Justice bringing peace, with wide spreading wings and bust undraped, holding a wreath in her right hand uplifted. Relief of a wreath and burning torch on the 6 o’clock face. The memorial is surrounded by flower beds and a low fence of 12 granite posts and 24 solid bronze bars. The site was gifted by the Railway Company. The overall cost was £2151/7/3. The memorial itself cost £1,500, preparation of the site £400, the railings cost £169/10, the balance was sundry expenses. The subscriptions raised £2,189/9/3. The balance was handed over from the Memorial Committee to the Town Council for future maintenance. World War 2 names were added on by the munificence of Messrs Walker Brothers, Building Contractors. A plaque was added in 1995 stating that a service was held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of VE Day.
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North face (6 o’clock): OUR/ GLORIOUS DEAD/ WHO DIED/ IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919 LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE/ TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN ; South face (12 o’clock): THEY FOUND DEATH IN THE PATH OF DUTY/ (Names)

WW1 Names- Column 1- J ALLAN/HH ALLISON/W ATKINSON M BARKER/J BARNES/GH BARTLE/W BARTLE/E BARTON/J BAXTER/G W BELL/JON A BIGRIGG/JOS BIGRIGG/ WJ BIGRIGG/S BLACK/GS BLACKBURN/E BRASH/IW BYRNE/GW BUNTING J CAMPBELL/J CAPE/AE CARRUTHERS/J CARRUTHERS/WP CHICKEN/GH CLARK/JJ CLARK/S CLULOW/ JW COCKBAIN/J CONWAY/A COOPER/FW COOPER/R COOPER R DALTON/A DAWES/J DEMPSTER/T DENWOOD/JE DIXON/EH DODGSON/G DONNELLY/P DONOGHUE/ JR DRUMMOND/S ELAND/H ELLIOTT/TH ELLWOOD/HL FEARON-BROWN/W FLETCHER JV GANDY/TW GRAHAM/HW GREEN MC/JE GREEN/T GRISDALE/ J HARRISON/J HARRISON/D HETHERINGTON/J HETHERINGTON/JC HETHERINGTON/WP HETHERINGTON/ EL HINDE/L HODGSON/R HOGARTH/E HOLMES/E HUDDLESTON/J HUNTER/ BG ILLINGWORTH/J IRVING/JOS IRVING/W IRVING/H JACKSON/J JACKSON/JJ JACKSON; Column 2- L JACKSON/N JAMIESON/LE JENNINGS/JW KELLY/BJ KIDD/WG KIRKBRIDE/JW LECK/A LISTER J MACKAY/T MARSDEN/R MARSH/H MARTIN/A MILLER/G MILLER/D MORRIS/C MOSCROP/R MOSCROP/ JW MOSCROP/T MULLEN/J MCCUE/KS MCMASTER/N MCMASTER/ S NETTLETON/E NEWTON/GH NEWTON/GW NICHOLSON/WJ O’HARE WR PAGEN/WG PATTINSON/D PEARSON/H PEARSON/P ROBINSON/JL ROUTLEDGE CR SCOTT/W SERGINSON/CH SIM/W SIM/JB SIMPSON/G SLATER/P SLOAN/J SMITH/R SMITH/TS SMITH/ JM STAMPER/W STARKIE/T STRICKLAND/T STUDHOLME/T SUART/JJ SWANSTON J TAYLOR/B THOMPSON/J THOMPSON/FH THWAITE/J TIFFIN/J TRACEY DB WAITE/S WALSH/N WALSH/D WILKINSON/J WINTHROPE/J WISE/E WORDSWORTH/RJ WREN; WW2 Names- Column 1- A APPLETON/P BELL/J BEWLEY/T BYRNE/T BIGRIGG/J BEATTIE/JF CHARLTON/KN CULLINS/W COTTIER/ J COULTHARD/KM DICKSON/W FORSYTH/JS FOSTER/V GRAHAM/L LAUNDER; Column 2- R GARNER/T HIND/J HUNTER/H JONES/J JOHNSTON/F LUCHINI/J MOFFAT/J MAVIR/JR MORGAN/W MCAVOY/ NT MCMASTER/W NORMAN/D PAPE/ST PARK/J PEARSON; Column 3- A RIDDE/G REID/GB SMITH/M SKILLEN/J STARKIE/F SANDERSON/JH TURRELL/L TIFFEN/L WISE/CR WEAVER/ DSM/J WHITHAM/WC WISE/EJ YOUNG/A ZANINETTI/W HANNAH DFC

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