World War I Memorial Soldier - Carnforth, UK
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N 54° 07.754 W 002° 46.166
30U E 515066 N 5997924
This war memorial was originally erected to commemorate the Men of Carnforth who died in World War I.
Waymark Code: WMT4J4
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/24/2016
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The memorial is located on Market St, Carnforth, in a small memorial garden, and comprises a square granite plinth upon which stands a bronze figure of a soldier, standing at ease and with rifle. It is flanked by a United Kingdom flag and a French flag and was was dedicated on 9 November 1924.
It was amended after World War II for the men who died in that war.
It has three bronze plaques, one for those killed in WW1, one for those who died due to WW1 1918-1924 and one for WW2.
The inscriptions and names on the three bronze tablets are as follows.
6 o’clock face
ERECTED TO THE GLORIOUS
MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
CARNFORTH
WHO OBEYED THE CALL OF
DUTY, WENT FORTH AND DIED
FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
ROBERT G ABBOTT |
EDGAR HALL |
ALBERT H ARMER |
JOHN H HARPER |
WILLIAM ATKINSON |
HARRY HIGGINSON |
JOHN BAINES |
MORRIS KING |
SAMUEL BALDERSON |
JAMES S KIRKBY |
THOMAS BALDERSON |
RICHARD LITTLE |
ROBERT BARTON |
PERCY E MACEFIELD |
HERBERT BEATTIE |
CHRISTOPHER MARSHALL |
ERNEST M BECK |
GEORGE H MORLEY |
JAMES BECKETT |
GEORGE NELSON |
THOMAS BEDFORD |
EDWIN PARKINSON |
NOEL BENNETT |
WILLIAM PEDDER |
ROBERT E BROCKBANK |
HERBERT PENRITH |
FRED W BULLOUGH |
EDWIN PENSWICK |
JOHN CAMPBELL |
HARRY RATCLIFFE |
THOMAS E CAPSTICK |
W ARTHUR RIGG |
JAMES HF CLARKE |
WILLIAM SHAW |
DAVID W CLARK |
R SIDNEY SIMPSON |
JAMES DISBERRY |
JAMES WALKDEN |
JOHN EDMONDSON |
EDWARD WATSON |
C FREDERICK FLEMING |
JOHN C WATSON |
HENRY GARDNER |
GEORGE C WATSON |
WILLIAM V GILBERT |
WILLIAM S WHITESIDE |
WILLIAM A GLAISTER |
|
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
12 o’clock face
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED
TO THE HONOURED MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF CARNFORTH
WHO HAVE DIED SINCE THE
ARMISTICE THROUGH THE
EFFECTS OF THEIR WAR SERVICE
1918-1924
BERT CAMBRAY |
EDWARD H SMITH |
THOMAS W CORNTHWAITE |
RICHARD A SMITH |
JOHN A NUTTALL |
ROBERT P WHITESIDE |
JOHN TH PARKINSON |
JAMES WOOD |
VICTOR H POSTLETHWAITE |
JOSEPH WRIGHT |
3 o’clock face
ERECTED TO THE GLORIOUS
MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
CARNFORTH
WHO OBEYED THE CALL OF
DUTY, WENT FORTH AND DIED
FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR 1939-1945
JACK ASTLEY |
THOMAS C GARTH |
ROBERT B BAGGULBY |
HAROLD HELM |
RICHARD S BATTERSBY |
ANTHONY S JACKSON |
CLARENCE I BENNETT |
THOMAS JENKINSON |
HARRY CARPENTER |
STANLEY E LAWSON |
ROBERT DAWSON |
JOHN J MARTIN |
HERBERT DUMBLETON |
JOHN A PROUDLOVE |
EDWIN D EDWARDS |
EDWARD H STOTT |
JOHN EDWARDS |
JAMES W WALKDEN |
HARRY WALKER
TO THE HONOURED MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF
CARNFORTH
WHO DIED AFTER THE CLOSE
OF THE 1939-1945 WAR
FROM THE EFFECTS OF
WAR SERVICE
EDWARD BAGGULEY