Distington War Memorial

The Distington War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, with additions for the Second World War. It is made of grey granite and is located on Main Street in Distington, Cumbria, near the southern junction with the B5306, close to Beck Green.

The memorial features a silver grey granite obelisk with a moulded foot that has carved swags, set on a tall four-sided plinth with a deep cornice and a two-tiered moulded foot. The south face of the plinth includes a relief-carved sheathed sword. The entire structure stands on a three-tiered square base.

The plinth is inscribed in leaded lettering, detailing the names of those commemorated. The inscriptions are as follows: on the south face, it reads, "ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF THIS PARISH TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR (NAMES) 'SALUTE THE GLORIOUS DEAD WHO WENT OUT AND RETURNED NOT' 1914-1918 (NAMES)"; the west face lists (NAMES); the north face lists (NAMES); and the east face states, "IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE 1939-1945 (NAMES)."