War Memorial - St Peter - Finsthwaite, Cumbria
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N 54° 16.931 W 002° 58.258
30U E 501890 N 6014919
Original battlefield crosses and plaques, in the chancel of St Peter's church, Finsthwaite.
Waymark Code: WM18CRV
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/08/2023
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Original battlefield crosses and plaques, in the chancel of St Peter's church, Finsthwaite.
The inscriptions on the tags read -
GRU
L.CPL. E. LEWIS
1 SEAFORTHS
ORIGINAL CROSS
and
GRU
PTE. E. KNOWLES
QRW SURREYS
ORIGINAL CROSS
Cross dimensions -
Shaft Height: 609.6mm
Cross beam width: 406.4mm
Width of wood: 69.85mm
Thickness or depth: 25.4mm
At the foot of the crosses is a laminated sheet of paper in memory of local residents who fell during WWI and WWII:
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World War I |
World War II |
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Frank Armstrong |
John Harrison Burns |
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Thomas Daniel Bowness |
George FTB Dickson |
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Robert Tyson Dawson |
Thomas Fazakerly |
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Frank Dearsley |
John David Gillott |
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Thomas Fisher |
William Wilson Hewartson |
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John Fraser Hoyland |
Thomas Reginald Jenkinson |
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Thomas Kendal |
Gilfrid McIver Lewthwaite |
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Ernest Knowles |
Fred Tyson |
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Ernest Lewis |
James Osborne Barker Wraith |
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Robert Rawlinson |
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Richard Ridding |
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Above the crosses is a glass cabinet containing some WWI trench art. A communion set consisting of a wooden cross, a brass chalice, and two brass paten. A framed description below explains:
A Souvenir of the European
War, 1914-1918 |
Presented to Finsthwaite Church by
the Rev. R. D. Davies, M.A. (Hon. C.F.) |
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The Cross and Communion Vessels herin enclosed are
of interest, in that they were made "On Active
Service" in a mobile workshop by the 1037 G.H.Q. Reserve
M.T Company, for their use at Treviso, N. Italy on
Christmas Day, 1918. They were also used at the
Advanced Operating Centre at Croatia and at an Aero-
drome near Thiene.
The Vessels were originally shells, the Chalice the
cap of an 18 pounder. The larger paten a 45 Howitzer
and the smaller a three inch Austrian Berndorf shell.
The Cross is made from a plank of the Pontoon
Bridge built to carry the troops across the River Piave
for the final attack on the Italian front which led to the
Armistice in 1918.
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Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
WWI & WWII
In Honor Of: Fallen from WWI & WWII
Marker Text:
See description
Who Put it Here?: Various
Description of Memorial:
A collection of individual memorials in the chancel of the church
Date of dedication: Not listed
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