Ambleside School Old Boys WW1 Cumbria
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member flipflopnick
N 54° 25.879 W 002° 57.899
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Ambleside Old Boys Great War memorial is in the wall on Vicarage Road, between Old Vicarage Guest House and old junior school in Ambleside. Often obscured by parked cars. Multitudes of people walk past this place. Few notice this slate memorial.
Waymark Code: WMMW3
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/20/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member showbizkid
Views: 34

Lovely piece of local Westmorland green slate, with simple inscription. Approximately 50 x 100 cm

Ambleside old Junior School is now a pre-school age nursery, called Kiddiwinks.

Inscription reads
In memory of the old boys of this school who fell in the great war. 1914 - 1918.

Date estimated
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1925

Private or Public Monument?: Private

Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: school

Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe

Website for this Monument: [Web Link]

Physical Address of Monument:
Vicarage Road
Ambleside, Cumbria England
LA22 9DH


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