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War Memorial


The war memorial in Kirkby Lonsdale is located In the churchyard of St Mary's Church, near Queens Square. It is a Celtic cross set on a square shaft, plinth, with four steps. The memorial was unveiled on the 6th of June 1921, by Lord Henry Cavendish Bentinck MP.[1] It commemorates 41 local servicemen who lost their lives in the First World War. Later, the names of 12 local men who died in the Second World War, were added to the monument.

Kirkby Lonsdale War Memorials Historic Buildings and Monuments in Kirkby Lonsdale Queens Square
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Kirkby Lonsdale Cross
- ....Celtic cross set on a square shaft, plinth, and four steps, on the front faces of which epithets are incised. The plinth has four Norman arched faces with pillars and …
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County: Cumbria
Grid ref: SD61067880
Unitary Auth: Westmorland & Furness

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