Irthington war memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 2019. War memorial.

Irthington war memorial

WRENN ID
dim-rampart-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 2019
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial, 1922, with Second World War additions.

MATERIALS: grey granite; lead lettering

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is situated within the churchyard of the Church of St Kentigern, prominently situated in the corner of the churchyard at a road junction. It takes the form of a wheel head cross with knot work carving and the date 1914-18 carved in relief to the cross head and upper part of a tapering shaft that surmounts a plinth with a single-stepped base. The lower shaft and the plinth bear the inscription in leaded lettering and reads: 1914 - 18// (NAMES)// IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN/ FROM THIS PARISH WHO DIED FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR, THIS CROSS/ WAS ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS// ALSO/ IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO DIED DURING/ THE 1939-1945 WAR/ (NAMES).

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