Kirkbride War Memorial

Kirkbride War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, located in the churchyard of St Bride’s Church on Church Road in Kirkbride, Cumbria. It is prominently positioned near the entrance to the churchyard, close to the path leading to the church. The memorial features a approximately 2.5-meter high sandstone wheel-head Celtic cross, which is adorned with intricate relief knot work carvings on both the head and the tapering shaft. This cross stands on a cruciform plinth with a two-stepped base.

The plinth displays the First World War inscriptions in relief-carved lettering within a shield-shaped cutaway ground. Additionally, a small brass plaque at the base of the shaft commemorates the Second World War. The inscriptions read: "TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ ALL YOU HAD YOU GAVE/ 1914 – 1918// 1939 – 1945/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE."