Witherslack War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 2018. War memorial.

Witherslack War Memorial

WRENN ID: small-window-briar
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Lake District National Park
Country: England
Date first listed: 26 October 2018
Type: War memorial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial, 1921.

MATERIALS: grey granite.

DESCRIPTION: Witherslack War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Paul, Church Road, Witherslack, Cumbria. It is prominently situated by the church tower. It comprises a 3.6m tall wheel-head granite cross on a tapering, four-sided plinth with two-stepped square base with rough-hewn edges. The plinth bears the inscriptions in leaded lettering.

The inscription is in leaded lettering and reads IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ ECCLUS XLIV 14// 1939 –1945/ (NAMES).

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