Tuesday 25 September 2018

Furness Vale War Memorial

Furness Vale's War Memorial is on the A6 near the Soldier Dick.



TO THE HONOUR AND
GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY
OF THE BRAVE MEN OF
FURNESS VALE WHO LAID
DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR
THEIR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1919

PEACE
AND IN HONOURED MEMORY
OF THE MEN AND ONE WOMAN
OF THIS VILLAGE WHO DIED IN THE
SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945


R I P
BENNETT H AGED 19
BREWIN R 28
CHEETHAM W 26
CHORTON A 24
DALE J 22
GOUGH A 18
HALL E 18
HILL E 26
LEECH E 29
LOMAS W 23
MIDDLETON T 38
MYCOCK J 28
NUTTALL J J 23
SECOMBE J 28
SMITH W 21
SHIRT B 56
SHIRT S 26
TAYLOR J 19
WALKER T 19
WOODWARD G S 36
WOOLLEY J 35


HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE
WHO SINK TO REST
BY ALL THEIR COUNTRY'S
WISHES BLEST

R I P
BRADLEY HAROLD
BUTLER JANE
DAVIES ALAN
HARROP FRANK
HARTLE FREDERICK
HOWE FRED
MARSHALL RICHARD
TAGUE GEORGE
THOMASSON ERNEST
WILSON ARTHUR


All photographs by Chris Gleave

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