Saturday, 24 August 2019

Witherslack St.Paul Churchyard

Witherslack's War Memorial is located in the churchyard of St.Paul's, It is a granite Celtic wheel cross, mounted on a square tapering plinth with a two stepped square base. There are 18 names inscribed on the plinth 9 from the First and 9 from the Second World War.



The inscriptions read

IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
MICHAEL JACKSON
EDMUND ASKEW
WALTER HODGSON
ROBERT A BARBER
WILLIAM BRENNAND
GEORGE PARK
GEORGE W SCOTT
HERBERT PARK
RICHARD D PHILIPSON
"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"
ECCLUS XLIV.14


1039-1945
GORDON HUGHES
THOMAS H HUDSON
LAWRENCE D LONG
HENRY ATKINSON
JOSEPH SHEILDS
HAROLD MILLIGAN
JOSEPH A SUART
JOHN A HUTTON
ALBERT J NEWTON


All photographs by Chris Gleave

Lindale War Memorial

The Memorial is close to the bowling green located next to church yard, and is visible from the B5271. It has Latin cross on a tapering shaft with a square step on a circular base. The cross stands on a mound in a fenced enclosure.



The inscriptions read.

East Face

TO HONOUR
THE MEMORY
OF

A E ATKINSON
R K BIRCH
C G DEAKIN
T E FALLOON
D HADWIN
R G HUTCHINSON
C KEITH
E C MILLER
J H MILLER
A PAISLEY
F A REDMAN
H SMITH
A SANDHAM
W WOODS
E WOODBURN
C E WHITEWAY

WHO LAID DOWN
THEIR LIVES IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918


West face

TO HONOUR
THE MEMORY
OF

H ATKINSON
ML BIRCH
H GREAVES
J HENDERSON
R NICHOLSON
H SCARBOROUGH
C TAYLOR
S TYSON
F WRIGHT

1939-1945

Round the base reads

TO GLORY FOR ALL
WHO SERVED THEIR
COUNTRY 1914-1918
AND IN GRATITUDE


All photographs by Chris Gleave

Lindale St.Paul

There are two Commonwealth war graves in the churchyard of St.Paul Lindale.


Private 1856 C KEITH
King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)  4th Bn.
Died 21 Oct 1914
Buried Section C Grave 90

Also buried in the Churchyard is.

Sergeant 1671845 Clifford TAYLOR
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Died 8 Sep 1944 aged 30
Buried Section D Grave 103.
Son of Harold Taylor, and of Frances Taylor, of Low Newton.

Photograph by Chris Gleave.

Friday, 23 August 2019

Ulverston War Memorial

Ulverston's War Memorial is located on Market Place, off Market Street. A cross on a tall square pillar with brass plaques on each side, standing on square steps. The plaques commemorate 176 from the Great War with a further 59 from the Second World War.



IN MEMORY
OF THOSE FROM
ULVERSTON
WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN
THE WAR
MCMXIV-MCMXVIII

JOHN AKISTER
ALBERT ASKEW
NELSON ATHERSMITH
HERBERT FAIRER ATKINSON
THOMAS ATKINSON
JOHN ATKINSON
ISAAC ATKINSON
JOSEPH BALDERSTONE I
JOSEPH BALDERSTONE II
JOHN EDWARD BANKS
JAMES BARNWELL
SEPTIMUS BARNWELL
JAMES BARROW
FRED BAXTER
GEORGE BELL
WALTER BELL
WM THOMAS BELL
JOHN WM BELL
JOSEPH DIXON BELL
WILLIAM BEVINS
ROGER BEVINS
TOM BEWSHER
ANTHONY BLAIR
THOMAS BLEZARD
JAMES BLEZARD
LESLIE BOAST
WM JAMES BOTTOMS
GEO DUNBAR BOTTOMS
JAMES BOWMAN
LESLIE SPENCER BOWMAN
JOHN SANDERS BROCKBANK
JOHN BROWN
WM EDMUND BUSHBY
JAMES BUTTERFIELD
MATTHEW CADDY
GEO RONALD ASHBURNER CASE
GEORGE CAPSTICK
REVELEY H CAVIN
WALTER CHADWICK
ARTHUR CHADWICK
THOMAS CHORLEY
WM JAMES CHORLEY
JOSEPH B CLAYTON
JOHN CLOUDSDALE
THOMAS CLOUDSDALE
ROBERT COCKERTON
WM EDWARD COLE
JOHN R B COOK
WILLIAM COTTAM
HARRY COTTRELL
THOMAS COULONG
WILLIAM COWARD
WALTER COWARD
ROBT WALTON CRAWFORD
ARTHUR DACRE
WILLIAM DAVIES
EDWARD DICKINSON
H C DIXON


IN MEMORY
OF THOSE FROM
ULVERSTON
WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN
THE WAR
MCMXIV-MCMXVIII

JAMES DOWNHAM
THOMAS DUNKERLEY
GEO EDWARD EVANS
WILLIAM T A FELL
DAVID FISHER
EDWARD FISHER
ERIC GRAHAM FLETCHER
WM RICHARDSON FORBES
HAROLD GARDNER
TOM GARDNER
ALBERT HUGH GARNETT
ROBERT GARNETT
FRANK GARSIDE
WILLIAM GIBSON
GEORGE GORMAN
EDWIN HADATH
EDWIN HAMBLETT
THOMAS HARRISON
JOHN THOS HEMSLEY
ALBERT HY HETHERINGTON
JAMES HIRD
JOSEPH HIRD
CHARLES RICHARDSON HIRD
GEORGE HODGSON
JOSEPH HOLMES
MYLES B HOLMES
JOSEPH B HOLMES
JOHN ROBINSON HUGHES
HENRY IBISON
THOMAS IBISON
WILLIAM INGRAM
GEORGE INMAN
WM STEEL INMAN
JOHN W IRELAND
WM JOSEPH IRELAND
JOHN JACKSON
ROBERT JACKSON
JOHN HERBERT JENKINSON
WILLIAM JENKINSON
JOSEPH JEWELL
THOS HATTON JEWELL
PERCY JOHNSON
JOSEPH JOHNSTON
JOSEPH T JONES
THOMAS PARK JONES
ALBERT KAY
THOS LINAKER KENDALL
HARRY H KITCHEN
ALFRED KITCHING
WILLIAM LEVISON
ALBERT EDWD LEWIS
CHARLES NORMAN LEWIS
JOHN LOGAN
WILLIAM LONG
ALBERT MACINTOSH
ARCHIBALD MACINTOSH
WALTER MASON
JAMES MCALERNEY


IN MEMORY
OF THOSE FROM
ULVERSTON
WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN
THE WAR
MCMXIV-MCMXVIII

PETER MCNICHOLAS
JOHN MILLER
EDWD JAMES MOYLE
EDWIN MYERS
FRANK NELSON
EDWARD NEVINSON
WILLIAM NEWBY
JOSEPH WM NICHOLSON
ROBERT OVERSBY
JOHN REGINALD PARK
THOMAS PARK
RICHARD PHILLIPS
FRANK PORTER
JAMES EDWD PORTER
JOHN PROCTER
HENRY ROBT RAYMONT
CARL HENDERSON ROBINSON
ERNEST ROBINSON
JOHN NOEL ROBINSON
FRED M ROSS
DAVID GEO ROWLANDSON
GEO WARRIOR RYLAND
ALBERT ERNEST SHARP
JAMES SHAW
WILLIAM SHAW
FRED SHEPHERD
JOHN RICHD SHEPHERD
JAMES SMITH
JOSEPH SMITH
THOMAS SMITH
HARRY SNAITH
ROGER LINTON STEEL
WILLIAM H STEENSON
WILLIAM STEWART
JOHN TAYLOR
LESLIE CLIFFORD TAYLOR
WALTER THOMPSON
WALLACE THOMPSON
JAMES TINDALE
ARTHUR BRIGGS TRAVIS
GEORGE FREDK TYER
JAMES VICKERS
JOHN MAWSON WALKER
GEORGE WARING
SISTER TAMAR WATSON
WILLIAM WATTS
THOMAS WATTS
THOMAS WESTWOOD
BENJ HEYWOOD WHITLEY
JAMES WHITEWAY
JOHN JAMES WITHAM
THOMAS WILKINSON
FRED WILLIAMS
JOHN WILSON
FREDERICK WOODBURN
THOMAS WOODWARD
THOMAS WRIGHT
CECIL B YOUNG
WM HENRY YOUNG


IN MEMORY
OF THOSE FROM
ULVERSTON
WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN
THE WAR
MCMXXXIX-MCMXLV

JOHN ATKINSON
FREDERICK V BAINBRIDGE
ERIC BAMBER
THOMAS BOWER
EDWARD BURNS
JAMES BUTCHER
JOHN CADDY
JOHN CAIRNS
ARNOLD CAMPBELL
RAYMOND CANNON
EDWARD DAVIES
JOHN DAVIES
WILLIAM DICKINSON
THOMAS B ELLAM
THOMAS FAWCETT
JOHN GAITSKILL
DENNIS GRUNDY
JAMES A GRUNDY
HENRY C HADLEY
DERRICK HADWIN
PETER B HAGUE
ROBERT C HILL
HENRY D HODGSON
CARLYLE HUNTER
RICHARD E HURST
ROBERT INGRAM
EDWIN JONES
WILLIAM LEEMING
ERIC MALONE
VICTOR D MCDOUGALL
THOMAS MILBURN
ARTHUR MILLER
ROLAND MILLER
J LAURENCE MOORE
JOHN A NORTON
DOUGLAS PELTER
EVAN PHILLIPS
RICHARD G PHILLIPS
MATTHEW E PORTER
GEOFFREY St B RABBIDGE
DOUGLAS RILEY
DAVID T RIMMER
KENNETH SEWELL
THOMAS SHARP
WILLIAM H SMITH
EDEN G SPENCER
THOMAS STABLES
GEORGE WA STANDFAST
WILLIAM THOMPSON
WILLIAM G THOMPSON
JOSEPH TROTTER
DORIS TYSON
RICHARD WALKER
HARRY WALLACE
JOHN WATTS
BASIL WESTON
NOBLE WHITESIDE
ARTHUR WILKINSON
STANLEY WILSON

All photographs by Chris Gleave.

Thursday, 22 August 2019

Torver Memorial Lynchgate.

Opposite St.Luke's in Torver is a cemetery extension. The slate Lynchgate commemorates The First and Second World wars.



IN
HONOUR OF ALL
WHO SERVED IN
THE GREAT WAR


FROM
THE PARISH
OF TORVER
1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945


All photographs by Chris Gleave.

Torver St.Luke's Churchyard

Ther are two Commonwealth War Graves in the graveyard behind the church.


Private 200564 T H BROCKLEBANK
King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 4th Bn.
Died11 Jan 1919 Aged 22
Son of W. Casson Brocklebank and Ellen Brocklebank, of 6, Lonsdale Terrace, Millom, Cumberland. Born at Torver.


Rifleman 315524 John INMAN
Monmouthshire Regiment 1st Bn. transf. to Labour Corps (244674)
Died 2 Dec 1918
Son of William Dawson Inman and Eleanor Inman
Husband of Elizabeth M. Inman, of Green Rigg, Torver, Coniston.

Photographs by Chris Gleave

Coniston Cemetery

There is a single Commonwealth War Grave in Coniston's Cemetery.


Private 3390726 Richard William Park
East Lancashire Regiment 7th Btn.
Died 25 Apr 1941 Aged 24
Son of Timothy James Park and Mary Hannah Park, of Coniston
Husband of G. R. Park, of Leicester.

Photograph by Chris Gleave.

Coniston War Memorial

A Celtic cross on a three stepped base in the churchyard of St.Andrews in Coniston. It commemorates men from both world wars.



THESE MEN OF
CONISTON
GAVE THEIR
LIVES FOR
THEIR COUNTRY
1914-1918

JOHN CHAS ARMSTRONG
JAMES HENRY BARROW
BARNETT BARROW
CHARLES WM BAXTER
JOHN BENNETT
JAMES BENNETT
ADOLPHUS BROADFIELD COHEN
ROBERT DOWTHWAITE
WILLIAM HENRY EYERS
BENJAMIN KIRKBY
WILLIAM KNIPE
GEORGE GARTH MARSHALL
WALTER PEPPER
SOLOMON ROBINSON
THOMAS ROBINSON
JOHN SATTERTHWAITE
CHARLES SHAW
THOMAS SHAW
CLARENCE L TYSON
RICHARD USHER
JOHN WILKINSON


1939-1945
WILLIAM BROWNLEE
EDWARD COWARD
WILLIAM WATSON


All photographs by Chris Gleave.

Coniston St.Andrew's

By the main entrance to the churchyard and next to the War Memorial, is the Grave of James Hewitson V.C. There is also a tribute to him inside the church.




---000---

THESE MEN OF CONISTON
GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR
COUNTRY 1914-1918

JOHN CHAS ARMSTRONG
JAMES HENRY BARROW
BARNETT BARROW
CHARLES WM BAXTER
JOHN BENNETT
JAMES BENNETT
ADOLPHUS BROADFIELD COHEN
ROBERT DOWTHWAITE
WILLIAM HENRY EYERS
BENJAMIN KIRKBY
WILLIAM KNIPE
GEORGE GARTH MARSHALL
WALTER PEPPER
SOLOMON ROBINSON
THOMAS ROBINSON
JOHN SATTERTHWAITE
CHARLES SHAW
THOMAS SHAW
CLARENCE L TYSON
RICHARD USHER
JOHN WILKINSON

1939-1945
WILLIAM JOHN BROWNLEE
EDWARD MASON COWARD
WILLIAM THOMAS WATSON


---000---

IN TRIBUTE TO
THE SAILORS WHO SERVED IN
HMS CONISTON
1952-1970 



All photographs by Chris Gleave.

Lowick War Memorial

Located in the grounds of St.Luke's Lowick. It is a  stone cross on a square plinth standing on four square steps.



TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
IN AFFECTIONATE AND GRATEFUL
MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR
COUNTRY DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
ERECTED BY PARISHIONERS AND FRIENDS

LANCE CORPL J OXLEY KORL REGT
PTE A BELL 1st ¼ KORL REGT
PTE R CASSON BORDER REGT
PTE W DOBSON 16th CANADIAN SCOTTISH
PTE E GREENHOW 1st ¼ KORL REGT
PTE H JACKSON MM 1st ¼ KORL REGT
PTE JE LECK 1st ¼ KORL REGT
PTE TG LINDOW MACHINE GUN CORPS
PTE W LINDOW LONDON FUSILIERS
PTE AW NELSON 17th MANCHESTER REGT
PTE F PICKTHALL 1st ¼ KORL REGT
PTE R SHUTTLEWORTH 2nd BORDER REGT

WORLD WAR 1939-1945

PTE E MILBURN KINGS OWN ROYAL REGT

DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI


All photographs by Chris Gleave.

Lowick St.Luke's Churchyard

There is a single Commonwealth War Grave in the Church of St.Luke, Lowick.


Private 2699 Edward GREENHOW
King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) "B" Coy. 4th Bn.
Died 30 Jun 1915 Aged 25
Son of William and Martha Greenhow, of High Field, Gawthwaite, Ulverston.

Photograph by Chris Gleave.