Whicham and Silecroft War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 2018. A C20 War memorial.
Whicham and Silecroft War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-arch-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial, 1921, with Second World War addition.
MATERIALS: stone; concrete; iron
DESCRIPTION: Whicham and Silecroft War Memorial comprises a 2.14m ashlar stone obelisk on a two-stepped square paving-clad plinth, surrounded by a bed of chippings, enclosed by a low square-plan concrete wall supporting ornamental iron railings. The south-west face of the shaft bears an incised inscription that lists eight Fallen soldiers from the First World War and the two from the Second World War, it reads: MEN/ OF/ WHICHAM/ WHO/ SERVED IN/ THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ FALLEN/ (NAMES)/ THESE ALSO DIED FOR US/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES). Inscriptions on the north-west and south-east faces list the names of the 55 men who served during the First World War. A secondary memorial stone commemorates the Victoria Cross holder Lance-Sergeant Tom Fletcher Mayson VC.
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