Wednesday, 21 August 2019

Windermere War Memorial

Windermere's War Memorial is in a garden of remembrance on Lake Road/Beresford Road Windermere in Cumbria. It has a curved stone wall with a central square column and plinth. There are 131 names from the Great War with 44 from the Second, with one each from Korea and Northern Ireland.



1914  WINDERMERE 1918

ALBERT AIREY
RICHARD AIREY
WILLIAM AITKIN
FRANK ATKINSON
ROBERT ATKINSON
HERBERT ATKINSON
JOHN ATKINSON
JOHN H ATKINSON
JOSEPH B ATKINSON
THOMAS E ATKINSON
WILLIAM A ATKINSON
EDWARD BACKHOUSE
ALLAN BAINES
GEORGE BAINES
ARTHUR BALDRY
JOHN BARKER
SYBRAY BARKER
LESLIE BARWISE
GEORGE BATTERSBY
JAMES BELL
RICHARD K BIGLAND
ROBERT BIRKETT
ANTHONY J BLAND
FRANK T BOUSFIELD
JAMES E BOWNASS
GEORGE F BROADRICK
FRANK CAMPBELL
JOSEPH CARR
STEPHEN CARR
ERNEST CASSON
EDWARD CHAPMAN
LESLIE CLEGG
LEONARD CLOSE
ALBERT CREIGHTON
WILLIAM J CROSTHWAITE
EDWARD DANSON
WILLIAM DENNY
WALTER DENT
EDWARD DICKINSON
CHARLES G DIXON
JOHN DUGDALE
ERIC DUNLOP
LINDSAY DUNLOP
WALTER E DUNNE
JOHN ELLERAY
JAMES FARRER
HAROLD FELL
ROBERT GARDNER
BRUCE GIBSON
JOHN D GIBSON
JOHN GIBSON
NORMAN GIBSON
WILLIAM GIBSON
BERT GODDARD
ALFRED GREEN
GEORGE HARRIS
WILLIAM HASTON
JOSHUA A HALL


IN UNDYING REMEMBERANCE OF

 JOHN HAYES
ALFRED HILLBECK
GEORGE HOLMES
JOSEPH HOLT
ROBERT HORSFALL
WILLIAM JOHNSON
FRED KENDAL
WILLIAM KING
ARTHUR KIRKBRIDE
REGINALD LATHAM
SIDNEY LEWIS
JOHN LINGARD
LAWRENCE LONG
ERNEST McKNIGHT
KENNETH McLAREN
ROYAL McLAREN
ARTHUR MALLINSON
JOHN K MALLINSON
C WALDEN MARGERISON
ERNEST MARSHALL
COLIN MARTINDALE
JAMES MARTINDALE
HERBERT E MASON
SAMUEL MASON
J WILLIAM METCALF
ROBERT H MORETON
JOHN M MOSS
WILLIAM MOSSOP
GERALD MUCKLOW
PERCY NELSON
ALBERT NICHOLSON
FRANK NICHOLSON
W UNWIN NUNNS
THOMAS PARKER
JAMES PATERSON
ROBERT E PAYNE


THE MEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR

WILLIAM T PEARSON
ASHLEY PETERS
HENRY PETERS
WILLIAM PHILIPSON
JOSEPH PIKE
GEORGE PRICKETT
JOHN J RAWES
EDMUND RICHARDSON
GEORGE RIGG
JOHN RIGG
WILLIAM ROBINSON
ARNOLD ROBSON
ARTHUR RUSSELL
GEORGE SANDHAM
REGINALD I SMITH
LUKE SOWERBY
GEORGE SPEDDING
GEORGE W STEEELE
HAROLD SWAINSON
EDWARD TAYLOR
GEORGE THEXTON
ROGER TITTERINGTON
THOMAS TOWERS
ALBERT TROW
MAURICE TWEEDALE
JOHN TYSON
GEORGE VARTY
ALFRED WALKER
CHRISTOPHER WALKER
THOMAS WALKER
RALPH WATERS
GEORGE WAUGH
AMTHONY WILLAN
JOHN WILLSHAW
JOSEPH WILLSHAW
JOHN C WILLSHAW
ROBERT C WILLSHAW
GEORGE WILSON
JAMES WILSON


1939 - 1945

STEPHEN H ATKINSON
HAROLD G AUGHPIN
MARK L BIRCH
ROBERT B BLAND
ALAN CARR
KENNETH E CARRUTHERS
VICTOR B COOPER
ERIC DIXON
MAURICE DIXON
MORRIS DIXON
EDWARD C DOBSON
DONALD H DOUGLAS
FRANK C EVANS
JOHN R FRADLEY
GEORGE GARDNER
JOHN E GARDNER
KENNETH C R GRANT
WILLIAM M GREENBANK
ERNEST HODGSON
GEORGE HORN
JOHN R HUTCHINSON
DAVID B JOHNSTONE


1939 - 1945

ROLAND E KNOWLES
BRUCE KENDALL
JOHN M KENNEDY
ROBERT F KIPLING
JAMES M KIRKBY
RICHARD E KNOWLES
NORMAN LISHMAN
JOHN MARTINDALE
HAROLD MORGAN
WILLIAM PARK
RONALD PROCTOR
WALTER ROUTLEDGE
JAMES P E SCOTT
RICHARD SHELTON
ROGER SHEPHERD
ERIC SPROAT
ALAN STRICKLAND
JOHN B SWARBRICK
ARTHUR THOMPSON
CECIL THOMPSON
GEORGE E WATSON
WILLIAM WATSON


19  KOREA 51

HAROLD HOWARTH


ON ACTIVE SERVICE

1985
ANTONY DACRE


There is a bench in the garden commemorating the accidental drowning of 6 members of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps on 20 Jul 1945

KINGS ROYAL RIFLE CORPS
2/Lt RODNEY HIGEL HOLT age 20, Romsey, Hampshire
 Rifleman JACK WILLIAM WEIR age 19, Culloden, Inverness
Rifelman REGINALD ERNEST TAYLOR age 19, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
Rifelman HARRY COHEN-RICHARD age 19, Upper Holloway, London
Rifelman HARRY FRANK THORP age 18, Hammersmith London
Rifelman RONALD WILLIAM DIGBY age 21, Willesden, London

All drowned in Windermere, 20th July 1945 on Army Manoeuvres


All photographs by Chris Gleave

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