Cartmel Priory Family Memorials

There are 2 family memorials the inside the Priory at Cartmel.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

GEORGE BRADDYLL BIGLAND

OF BIGLAND 2nd Lieut 1/4 KINGS OWN ROYAL LANCS REGT

(THE FIFTY FIRST DIVISION)

KILLED IN ACTION JUNE 15 1915

AGED 23 YEARS & 7 MONTHS

LEADING HIS PLATOON IN AN ATTACK

AT FESTUBERT IN FRANCE

WHER HIS BODY NOW RESTS BURIED ON THE BATTLEFIELD

R.I.P

A VERY PERFECT GENTLE KNIGHT

THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE

BY THE PROUD MOTHER OF HER ONLY SON

St Mark 12.44

Second Lieutenant George Braddyll BIGLAND OF BIGLAND

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st/4th Bn.

Died 15 Jun 1915 aged 23

Commemorated Le Touret Memorial, France Panel 5

Only child of Editha Blanch Hinde Bigland, of Bigland Brow, Backbarrow, formerly of Bigland Hall, Ulverston, Lancs, and the late Squire George Bigland

Husband of Mrs. Audrey Pain (formerly Bigland), of Bigland Hall, Ulverston.

Known as the Soldier-Squire. Last of his line who for a thousand years served in the Navy or Army.

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GRAY GRAYRIGGE, HIS ONLY SON OF BRAYTON BANK

JP, CAPTAIN 3rd Batt KING’S OWN ROYAL LANCASTER Regt

DIED AT MONTEREY IN CALIFORNIA, 23rd SEPT 1885

AGED 28 YEARS

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AND GRAY GRAYRIGGE, HIS ELDER SON

LIEUT ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS, DIED AT PESHAWAR, INDIA

13th OCTOBER 1931 AGED 24 YEARS

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Photographs by Chris Gleave