Cumwhinton War Memorial

First World War memorial, 1922, within a semi-circular walled enclosure.

MATERIALS: Aberdeen granite.

DESCRIPTION: Cumwhinton War Memorial is located in a small roadside enclosure adjacent to St John’s Hall, on the north side of B6263, Cumwhinton, Cumbria. It is prominently situated facing the main road. It comprises an infilled wheel-head polished Aberdeen granite cross (with relief-carved bosses to the head) on a tapering shaft and a tapering four-sided plinth enclosed by a cairn made of rough-hewn irregular stones. The memorial stands within a stone walled semi-circular enclosure, with a low stone wall along the roadside frontage, topped with metal railings and furnished with an entrance comprising a pair of stone capped piers and a metal gate.

The lower shaft and the plinth bears the inscriptions in leaded lettering. The inscription reads: IN/ MEMORY/ OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO WERE KILLED/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 1919// 1914 AND OF THESE MEN WHO ALSO SERVED 1919/ (NAMES)/ “THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US/ BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY”/1. SAM.XXIV.16// 1939-1945/ (NAME)/ KILLED IN ACTION 1942.// J W Reed/ Newcastle.