Eskdale

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Reference WMO/154431

Address:

Junction of Beckfoot to Boot Road and Stanley Ghyll Force Road

Opposite the former 'Low' School

Boot

CA19 1TF

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Grey Granite Memorial with Celtic cross on a tapering shaft and square base. The memorial is in a fenced off corner of a field raised approx 800mm above road level, with iron railings on top of low boundary dry stone walls on all four sides. The area of the memorial compound is covered in gravel and was renovated by the parish council in 2013 to replace the corroded metal railings with a newly built local stone wall enclosure. Ellie Porter is also commemorated on the Seven Sisters Memorial at York Minster- WMO/181574 for the Stained Glass Window and 265308 for the names panels.
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East Face- THESE FELL/FOR THEIR COUNTRY/1914-1918/ [names]/1939-1945/[names]/ North Face- THESE SERVED IN THE FORCES 1914-1918/[names]/ South Face- THESE SERVED IN THE FORCES 1914-1918/[names]/ West Face- THESE SERVED IN THE FORCES 1914-1918/[names]

East Face- THE FALLEN 1914-1918: ELLIE PORTER/JOS. HIRD/JNO. HIRD/E. KNEALE/W. MITCHELL/D. PENNY/J. PORTER/R. SHARPE/J. SIM/ T.D. STRATHERN/J. TYSON/B.J.TYSON/M. WHINFIELD/I. WREN 1939-1945/LS PORTER/T GAINFORD/JP PORTER/GM BURNETT WW1 Served and Returned: B. ARMSTRONG/J. ASHBURNER/J. BAINES/T. BARBOUR/A. BLACK/ J.G. BROADHURST/G.E. CHAPMAN/J. CHIDLEY/H.COOK/W. CORBETT/R. DIXON/W. DIXON/H. DIXON/ F.H. FOWLER/T. FOSSEY/J. GRAVE/ /H. GAINFORD/T. GAINFORD/R. GARLAND/W. GARLAND/E. GRIFFITHS/ W. HAYSTON/J. HARTLEY/S. HIRD/F. HODGSON/W. HODGSON/W. HOYLES/L.A. HUDDART/T. KNEALE/A. LEES/ C. MASSICKS/J. MCGILCHRIST/ A.M. MCGILCHRIST/C. MICHEL/J. MITCHELL/W.C.PENNY/C. PORTER/ J.P. PORTER/J.R. POSTLETHWAITE/F. RAINBOW/P.R. REA/I. ROBINSON/J. ROBINSON/E. ROGERS/P. SHARPE/ H. SMITH/J. TYSON/T.S.TYSON/J. ULLOCK/W. MOSSOP/G.W.SELKIRK/W. SHERWEN/W. TYSON

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