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Latitude: 54.8914 / 54°53'28"N
Longitude: -2.7133 / 2°42'48"W
OS Eastings: 354341
OS Northings: 555413
OS Grid: NY543554
Mapcode National: GBR 9CHW.CC
Mapcode Global: WH806.9B51
Plus Code: 9C6VV7RP+GM
Entry Name: Castle Carrock War Memorial
Listing Date: 2 December 2019
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1467584
ID on this website: 101467584
Location: St Peter's Church, Castle Carrock, Cumberland, Cumbria, CA8
County: Cumbria
District: Carlisle
Civil Parish: Castle Carrock
Traditional County: Cumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Tagged with: War memorial
First World War memorial, 1920.
First World War memorial, 1920.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is situated within the churchyard, where it is prominently situated to the right side of the church entrance. It takes the form of a simple, unadorned sandstone Latin cross, upon a short shaft and a tapering plinth with moulded bottom section. The two-stepped base has chamfered upper edges. The plinth and base bear the inscriptions in incised uppercase lettering:
IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918.// FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH// ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS.
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised at Castle Carrock as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by six members of the local community, who lost their lives.
The war memorial was unveiled within the churchyard of the Grade II-listed Church of St Peter, on 10 October 1920 by Major Sandeman, DSO, MC, of the Border Regiment. The memorial commemorates six local servicemen who fell in the First World War.
Castle Carrock War Memorial, 1920, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Historic interest:
* as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20.
Architectural interest:
* it is a simple yet poignant memorial in the form of an unadorned Latin cross, executed in local sandstone.
Group value:
* it benefits from group value with the Grade II-listed Church of St Peter, in whose churchyard it is located.
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