Beckermet War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 2018. War memorial.
Beckermet War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- slow-rotunda-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial, 1920.
MATERIALS: pink-grey granite.
DESCRIPTION: Beckermet War Memorial is located in Beckermet Cemetery, at the junction of the A595 and B5345, Beckermet, Cumbria. It is prominently situated facing the road junction on a slightly raised mound. It comprises a polished wheel-head cross with splayed arms, on a tapering shaft, surmounting a rough-hewn square plinth with a polished face for inscriptions, on another rough-hewn square block below. The cross and plinth bear the inscriptions in incised and blacked lettering.
The inscription reads (cross head) IN/ LASTING MEMORY// (base of shaft) THE MEN OF/ ST JOHN’S PARISH/ AND/ BECKERMET VILLAGE// (plinth) WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ ECCLUS.XLIV.14.
On the back is the later inscription ALSO THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES).
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