Crosscanonby War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Memorial.
Crosscanonby War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- roaming-quartz-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Country
- England
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Crosscanonby War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, located in the churchyard of the Church of St John in Crosscanonby, Cumbria. It is prominently positioned near the churchyard lychgate, along the path leading to the church. The memorial features a wheel-head cross with a diagonally down-pointed sword and sword belt carved in relief, set on a tiered moulded foot atop a tall four-sided plinth with a cornice and two-tiered base. The plinth displays inscriptions in leaded lettering.
The inscription reads: "THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ THESE DIED IN WAR/ THAT WE IN PEACE MIGHT LIVE/ THESE GAVE THEIR BEST/ SO WE OUR BEST SHOULD GIVE/ NOT FOR THEMSELVES/ FOR JUSTICE, FREEDOM, RIGHT/ THEY FOUGHT, AND BID/ US FORWARD TO THE FIGHT// IN/ UNDYING MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)// AND OF/ (NAMES)// THE/ WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)."
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