Flookburgh War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 2018. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Flookburgh War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lost-keep-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial, 1922.
DESCRIPTION: Flookburgh War Memorial is located in the churchyard of St John the Baptist Church, Station Road, Flookburgh, Cumbria. It is prominently situated between the apse end of the church, and the main road passing by, visible from the road and beside the churchyard paths. It comprises a c 4.5m floriated cross, with an ornate head, on a tapering slender shaft with incised circular decorations in a strip spiralling down the shaft length and with a moulded cap and foot, on a circular plinth bearing inscriptions, atop a two-tiered base. The plinth bears the dedication in relief-carved lettering, and name inscriptions in incised lettering.
The inscription reads: HONOUR TO THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR/ LIVES THRO’ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ THE PEACE OF GOD TO ALL WHO/ BY THEIR SUFFERINGS STROVE/ TO GIVE THEIR COUNTRY PEACE// (NAMES).
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