Sedbergh War Memorial

Image: © David Dixon Taken: 2 Dec 2019

Sedbergh’s elegant First World War memorial was designed by Sir John Hubert Worthington. Constructed from sandstone, with limestone tablets attached to the base, it is situated in a paved area within the south eastern corner of St Andrew's Churchyard and can be accessed from the street, via a gated entrance through the churchyard wall. The unveiling ceremony took place on 12 December 1920. The names of the fallen from the Second World War were added to the north and south faces of the stone plinth in the late 1940s. The memorial takes the form of a simple cross at the top of a slender, 2 metre high, tapered shaft with stop-chamfered corners. The cross is set on a square base which in turn is set upon a larger square plinth. The bottom of the cross shaft's east face is inscribed with the words LAUS DEO (“Praise God”). The inscription on the east face of the base reads: REMEMBER THE MEN of SEDBERGH TOWN who COUNTING NOT their LIVES DEAR unto THEMSELVES DIED for FREEDOM and COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919. The other tablets affixed to the base are inscribed with the 40 names of The Fallen of Sedbergh and the north and south faces of the plinth are inscribed with the names of 19 men who fell in the Second World War. The memorial is Grade II-listed (Historic England List Entry Number: 1400659 . https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1400659 ). The names of the fallen are listed at the IWM War Memorials Register https://bit.ly/36m9KLJ .

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