Hethersgill War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 2020. War memorial.
Hethersgill War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- eastward-chimney-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial, 1920, with Second World War additions.
MATERIALS: Aberdeen granite
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is prominently sited to face the main road within the churchyard of the Church of St Mary. It takes the form of a wheel-head cross with a central boss and Celtic knot-work in relief to the arms. It has a short, tapering shaft with a tapering panel of intricate knot- work carvings. The cross surmounts a tapering plinth and has a moulded foot for a base. The plinth bears the inscription on an incised granite plaque and reads:
IN MEMORY OF / THE GLORIOUS DEAD / 1914-1918 / [names] / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
The rear of the war memorial records a further loss:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF / A [name] / OBIT 22ND MARCH 1921
The Second World War inscription occupies the left side of the plinth and reads:
IN PROUD / REMEMBRANCE OF / [names] / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939-1945
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