Beetham

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Reference WMO/118474

Address:

Junction of Mill Lane and A6

Beetham

LA7 7AL

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Stone Limestone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Two stepped octagonal base surmounted by tapered plinth shaft and infilled wheel cross. Behind it is a low wall with WW1 and WW2 dedicatory tablets placed in the central section behind the cross The memorial is at the entrance to the village off the new A6 Wreath and ribbon carved in relief on the wall above the plaques
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TO THE UNFAILING MEMORY OF THE MEN/WHOSE NAMES ARE HEREON INSCRIBED/AND AS A THANK OFFERING FOR THE SAFE RETURN OF THEIR COMRADES IN MEMORIAM/ [names]/ “MAKE THEM TO BE NUMBERED WITH THY SAINTS IN GLORY EVERLASTING”/ 1939-1945/[names]

WW1-CAPT ERNEST MILLER 3RD ATTCH 1ST LN ;ANCS REGT OCT 23RD 1914 BELGIUM/ LCORPL WILLIAM HARRISON 2ND KORL LANCASTER REGT 5/2/1915 FRANCE/ LIEUT HERBERT A BROMLEY 7TH BRITISH COLUMBIA 24/2/1915 BELGIUM/ CAPT A VICTOR CLEGG 6TH LANC FUSILIERS 8/8/1915 GALLIPOLI/ CAPT FRANK CLEGG 6TH BORDER 22/8/1915 GALLIPOLI/ LCORPL WILLIAM STAINTON 10TH ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS 7/2/1915 BELGIUM/ PTE ROBERT HUDSON 8TH BORDER REGT 5/1/1916 FRANCE/ PTE WILLIAM THOMPSON 9TH ROYAL FUSILIERS 3/2/1916 FRANCE/ CORPL JOHN T C WOOF 1/4TH ESSEX REGT 27/3/1917 PALESTINE/ 2ND LIEUT G GASTON NICKEL 20TH K. LIVERPOOL REGT 31/7/1917 FLANDERS/ CORPL JAMES BLAIR 8TH BORDER REGT 5/8/1917 BELGIUM / CAPT H LAURENCE SLINGSBY MC 2ND KO YORKS LI 17/8/1917 BELGIUM/ 2ND LIEUT WILFRID S HOLMES 4TH ATTACH 6TH CHESHIRE REGT 20/9/1917 BELGIUM/ PTE NOEL H FIRTH 1/6TH LIVERPOOL REGT 30/9/1917 FRANCE/ PTE T ANDERTON WILSON 1ST AUSTRALIANS 16/6/1918 FRANCE/ PTE FRANK M WARDLEY 23RD NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILERS 27/10/1918 GERMANY/ 1939-1945 RADIO OFFICER FRANK H IRETON MN AT SEA 12-6-42/ LIEUT HERWALD M S WAKE R.SIGNALS EGYPT 31-12-42/ SGT NORMAN A ATKINSON RA (ANTI-TK) SICILY 30-7-43/ A/C JIM COLLINS RAF JAVA OCT 43/ LT COMDR WM BASIL KELLETT RN S AFRICA 1-4-44

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