Hawkshead War Memorial, Cumbria
N 54° 22.458 W 002° 59.933
30U E 500072 N 6025167
Hawkshead memorial to those who fell during The Great war is a red sandstone Celtic cross carved by Barbara Collingwood, to a design by her father, W G Collingwood.
Waymark Code: WM36DE
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/18/2008
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In 2003 a stone surround with stone chippings was built, placing this impressive Celtic cross in a notable setting.
Following the Armistice of 1918, and the peace treaty of 1919, W G Collingwood's (
visit link) services were much in demand as a designer of War Memorials. His knowledge of and enthusiasm for Scandinavian crosses is displayed at Grasmere where the memorial on Broadgate Meadows is a pastiche of an Anglian cross. Other examples of his celtic type memorial crosses may be seen at Otley, Coniston and the K Shoes factory in Kendal (
visit link) That at Hawkshead was sculpted by his daughter, Barbara. Other memorials designed by Collingwood may be seen at Ulverston and Lastingham. Barbara Collingwood married Oscar Gnosspelius. (
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