LAKE
UKNIWM Ref: 21807
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Address
| Type: |
CROSS |
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| Other Location Details: |
ROAD JUNCTION |
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| OS Map Ref: |
SZ 594 839 |
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Previous Locations
| Address | Date Moved | Reason for Move |
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SANDOWN & LAKE GREEN, HILL RDS
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UNKNOWM |
THE MEMORIAL AND TROUGH WERE DIVIDED |
Inscription
THE PEOPLE OF LAKE/ HAVE ERECTED THIS MEMORIAL IN HONOUR/ OF THE 210 LAKE MEN WHO SERVED/ THEIR COUNTRY BY LAND, SEA AND AIR/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1920 AND 1939 - 1945/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD WHO GIVETH US/ THE VICTORY AND IN MEMORY OF OUR HEROIC DEAD/ (NAMES)/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"
(OTHER SIDE) "O RISEN LORD/ O SHEPHERD OF OUR DEAD./ WHOSE CROSS HAS BOUGHT THEM/ AND WHOSE STAFF HAS LED./ IN GLORIOUS HOPE, THEIR PROUD/ AND SORROWING LAND/ COMMITS HER CHILDREN/ TO THY GRACIOUS HAND
TROUGH: TO THE HORSES AND DOGS WHO ALSO / BORE THE BURDEN AND HEAT OF THE DAY / 1914-1920 / BE YE MERCIFUL
Components
| Component | Material(s) | Height | Width | Depth | Condition |
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| CROSS |
GRANITE |
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GOOD |
Physical Description
TALL ROUGH CELTIC STYLE WHEEL CROSS ON TAPERING PLINTH AND SINGLE STEP
DOWNWARD POINTING SWORD OF SACRIFICE ON FRONT FACE
Wars Commemorated & People Remembered
| War |
FIRST WORLD WAR |
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| Total names on memorial: |
0 |
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| Served & Returned |
0 |
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| Died |
56 |
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| Is this an exact count? |
Not known |
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| How are the names ordered? |
surname |
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| What information is listed on the memorial? |
surname |
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| Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM? |
No |
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Maintenance
| Are the letters difficult to read? |
No |
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| Who is responsible for the memorial? |
|
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| Maintenance History: |
MEMORIAL AND HORSE TROUGH REUNITED IN 1998 WITH A WW2 PLAQUE ADDED IN 2000. |
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Ceremonies
Not known
Sponsorships
| Sponsorship Type: |
Public |
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| Did this include a trust or scholarship? |
No |
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| Did this include a roll of honour? |
NOT APPLICABLE |
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| Cost of Site: |
Not known |
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| Cost of Memorial: |
Not known |
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| Comments on Costs: |
|
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Craftsmen
Not known
References
| Co-ordinator's Comments: |
EXCELLENT COPIED PHOTOS OF THE UNVEILING CEREMONY BUT UNFORTUNATELY NO DATE GIVEN. |
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| Comments: |
ORIGINALLY THE MEMORIAL WAS SITED AT THE JUNCTION OF SANDOWN ROAD AND LAKE HILL, THE MEMORIAL WAS DIVIDED IN LATER YEARS WITH THE MEMORIAL TROUGH LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION WITH THE MEMORIAL TROUGH LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION WITH BROADWAY. IN 1998 THEY WERE REUNITED. |
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| Photographs: |
None |
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| Other Documents: |
None |
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| Form / Letter: |
O |
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| Negatives: |
No |
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| Drawings / Plans: |
No |
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| Minutes: |
No |
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| Postcards: |
1 |
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