Barrow-in-Furness, Cemetery Cottages Street Shrine

A limestone plaque mounted on the Oak Street wall of number 2 Beech Street, Barrow-in-Furness, commemorating the Fallen from Cemetery Cottages during the Great War.

THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

ROLL OF HONOUR

THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE KINSFOLK AND FRIENDS OF THE MEN OF

CEMETERY COTTAGES WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY

IN HONOUR OF THEIR NOBLE SACRIFICE IN A JUST AND RIGHTEOUS CAUSE

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

SERGT J SMITH MAY 2nd 1915

PTE J PLACE SEP 3rd 1915

PTE F SCOTT JULY 12th 1915

SAPPER WH CLARK OCT 7th 1916

SAPPER J DAVIES OCT 23rd 1916

PTE C MORGAN FEB 18th 1917

GUNNER J SCOTT APRIL 13th 1917

GUNNER JIM DAVIES JUNE 7th 1917

GUNNER WF EDWARDS SEP 29th 1917

GUNNER J EDEN DEC 7th 1917

SERGT JF GROSVENOR AUG 26th 1918

PTE W PARKINSON MAY 16th 1915

PTE A O’BRIEN MAY 13th 1916

PTE T MARTIN AUG 8th 1916

PTE G MOXHAM OCT 8th 1917

PTE W EDWARDS FEB 9th 1917

PTE B WOOLLEY APRIL 9th 1917

SERGT M CAHILL MAY 18th 1917

PTE B HUNT JUNE 30th 1917

PTE W CROYES OCT 6th 1917

PTE JT HIRST MARCH 23rd 1918

PTE TOM PLUMB SEP 19th 1918

FORGET US NOT O LAND FOR WHICH WE FELL

MAY IT GO WELL WITH ENGLAND-STILL GO WELL

KEEP HER BRIGHT BANNERS WITHOUT BLOT OR STAIN

LEST WE SHOULD DREAM THAT WE DIED IN VAIN

Photograph by Chris Gleave