2017
NY3954 : Base of WW1 burial memorial, Carlisle Cemetery
taken 7 years ago, near to Cummersdale, Cumbria, England
Base of WW1 burial memorial, Carlisle Cemetery
Closer view of the monument shown here
NY3954 : Memorial to WW1 servicemen buried in Carlisle cemeteries .
At the top of the front panel it says 'City of Carlisle __ Officers and Men of the Navy and Army who are buried in the Carlisle Cemeteries'. A list of names follows, continuing around the next four panels, of those whose graves are in this cemetery at Richardson Street/Dalston Road. The sixth panel lists those interred at Upperby and Stanwix cemeteries.
Details for each of the 145 men named are available from the IWM war memorials register
Link .
The double shield on the plinth is the old Carlisle city coat of arms, in use until 1924. About half way up the monument there is a crown, with 'Liberty' inscribed beneath. The words 'Truth' and 'right' are carved on the adjacent sides.
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