Hutton Roof War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. War memorial.

Hutton Roof War Memorial

WRENN ID: swift-bronze-willow
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Westmorland and Furness
Country: England
Type: War memorial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial, 1920.

MATERIALS: limestone.

DESCRIPTION: Hutton Roof War Memorial is located in the churchyard of St John’s Church, Hutton Roof, Cumbria. It is prominently situated near the churchyard wall in the south-east corner of the churchyard and visible from the main road passing by. It comprises a c.1.8-metre-high rough, natural monolith of limestone, unworked but for a relief-carved plain cross to the front and a smoothed inscription face below. The inscription panel bears the dedication and names in incised and blacked lettering.

The inscription is in incised and blacked lettering and reads: ERECTED BY THE/ PARISHIONERS OF/ HUTTON ROOF/ IN MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN/ THE CAUSE OF JUSTICE AND RIGHT/ “THEY SHALL RISE AGAIN”/ 1914 – 1918.

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