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First World War Memorial, Carlisle Cemetery


There is a war memorial in Carlisle Cemetery, consisting of a six sided sandstone column with white marble panels, insribed with the names of 145 local servicemen who lost their lives in the First World War and are burried in the cemetery. The memorial was unveiled on the 4th November 1920 by the Mayor of Carlisle.

Carlisle Cemetery War Memorials Historic Buildings and Monuments in Carlisle
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Memorial to WW1 servicemen buried in Carlisle cemeteries
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Base of WW1 burial memorial, Carlisle Cemetery
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Carlisle Cemetery - WW1
- "...Six sided column of White Heworth sandstone with white marble panels, surmounted by a carved capital and finial and with an urn on top..."
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Unitary Auth: Cumberland
County: Cumbria
Grid ref: NY39145411

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