Netherfield Works, Kendal War Memorial

MATERIALS: Westmorland Green Slate.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is located on a stone paved area with a backdrop of a curved stone wall in the grounds of the former factory, the K Shoes factory called Netherfield Works, near Nether Bridge, Kendal.

It comprises a Celtic-style wheel-head cross with the front face of the cross decorated with carved Scandinavian interlace designs around a central boss in the cross-head. The cross surmounts a rectangular tapered shaft which has interlace designs in panels. One panel bears the inscription carved in relief which reads IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF NETHER-/ FIELD WORKS WHO/ SERVED IN THE GREAT/ WAR 1914 TO 1918/ AND IN UNDYING/ REMEMBRANCE OF/ THOSE HERE NAMED/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ (NAMES).

The shaft surmounts a two-tiered plinth which bears the names carved in relief.

Added later is a further inscription which reads HERE ALSO/ ARE ADDED/ THE NAMES OF/ ALL FROM HERE/ AND ELSEWHERE/ WHO/ SERVING GAVE/ THEIR LIVES/ IN/ THE WAR OF/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES).

The plinth is set upon a two-stepped base.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 17 February 2017.