
MOOR
ROW AND SCALEGILL WAR MEMORIAL
Detailed
information for World War 1 & 2
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2023
The
war memorial is to be found 50 yards before the junction with Dalzell
Street and Scalegill Street, Moor Row, Copeland, Cumbria. It takes the
form of a Celtic cross on top of a plinth and two stage base, all of
Granite, in a hexagonal enclosure which has iron railings all round
and a gate on the back face. The World War 2 memorial is a separate
tablet at the base of the 9 o'clock face. For WW1 the names are on the
two sides and the back face of the plinth. The memorial was made by
Thomas Preston. It was first uneviled on 23 October 1921 by Mr. H. A.
Bonney B. A. (Headmaster), Moor Row Primary School and unveiled for
the addition of the World War 2 names by R.Q.M.S. J. K. Thomas, R.A.M.C.,
14 November 1948. There are 42 names listed for World War 1 and 12 for
World War 2. The names have been sorted into alphabetical order here
for ease of reading and research.
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND
IN EVER GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE
MEN WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR
TRUTH AND RIGHT IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918.
THEY
SHALL NOT GROW OLD,
AS WE THAT RE LEFT GROW OLD;
AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM,
NOR
THE YEARS CONDEMN.
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
IN THE MORNING, WE SHALL
REMEMBER THEM.
UNVEILED
BY H. BONNEY B.A.
OCT. 23RD 1921
BOWNESS |
J |
No
further information currently available |
BRYAN |
T |
No
further information currently available |
CHAPPLE |
Leonard |
Private
S/11595, 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs).
Killed in action 24 March 1918. Aged 22. Born Moor Row, Cumberland,
enlisted Whitehaven, Cumberland. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. E.
Chapple. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Panel 72 and 73. |
CRANKE |
Harry |
Gunner
221075, 161st Siege Battery, 3rd Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Killed in action 30 October 1918. Aged 19. Born Kirksanton, Lancashire,
enlisted Carlisle. Son of Mr. J. S. and Mrs. E. Cranke, of Shaw
Farm, Moor Row, Cumberland. Buried in ST. SOUPLET BRITISH CEMETERY,
Nord, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 33. |
CRESSWELL |
Walter |
Lance
Corporal 138155. 75th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Died of prolonged
sickness 28 April 1920. Aged 25. Born 14 September 1882. Son of
Elizabeth Cresswell, of Cressbank, Scailgill Rd., Moor Row, Cumberland,
England, and the late J. T. Cresswell; husband of Nora Cresswell,
of 12, Scailgill Rd., Moor Row, Cumberland, England. His attestation
papers give his next of kin as his father, James Cresswell, of 1
Station Road, Moor Row, Cumberland, at which time he was unmarried
and a Telegraph Operator. Attested 22 July 1915 in Toronto, Ontario,
Canada, aged 22 years 3 months, height 5 feet 6¾ inches,
weight 150 lbs, chest 34-37½ inches, fair complexion, blue
eyes, brown hair, religious denomination Church of England. Sailed
with his unit 29 March 1916. Emabarked at Halifax, Nova Scotia on
H.M.T. Empress of Britain 29 March 196, disembarked Liverpool 9
April 1916, promoted to Lance Corporal at Bramshott 9 May 1916.
On 13 June 1916 he was admitted to Connaught Hospital, Aldershot
where he was suffering and seriously ill with pleurisy 26 June 1916,
he was discharged 29 August 1916. Admitted to Military Hospital,
Bramshall 20 September 1916 with pleurisy, discharged 30 October
1916. Admitted to hospital 4 November 1916 with pleurisy, transferred
to Pinewood Sanitorium, Wokingham, 10 December 1916 with tubercule
of the lung, discharged 12 June 1917. Discharged in London, England
under King's
Regulation 392, section xvi, 12 June 1917, being no longer physically
fit for war service. Married after his discharge (see his accession
record for full medical history). Buried in TORONTO (ST. JOHN'S
NORWAY) CEMETERY, Ontario, Canada. Section 3. Range 16. Lot 47.
National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: Canadian
Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2136
- 4. |
EILBECK |
Burnett |
Private
19277, 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. Died of wounds 11 October
1917. Born Hensingham, Cumberland, resident Moor Row, Cumberland,
enlisted Cleator Moor, Cumberland. Husband of E. L. Eilbeck, of
62, Broadway St., Burton-on-Trent. Buried in GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH
CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot I. Row P. Grave 7. |
ERRINGTON |
Joseph |
Private
19159, 1st Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 20 October
1916. Born Frizington, Cumberland, resident Scalegill, Cumberland,
enlisted Cleator Moor, Cumberland. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 6 A and 7 C. |
FARAGHER |
Tom |
[Listed
as FARACHER on memorial] Private 36801, 8th Battalion, Border Regiment.
Killed in action 17 April 1918. Born Moor Row, Cumberland, resident
Cleator Moor, Cumberland, enlisted Workington, Cumberland. No known
grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 85 to 86. |
FARAGHER |
William |
[Listed
as FARACHER on memorial] Private 12708, 7th Battalion, Border Regiment.
Killed in action 26 September 1915. Aged 29. Born Cleator Moor,
Cumberland, resident Moor Row, Cumberland, enlisted Egremont. Son
of the late William and Margaret Ann Faragher, of Moor Row, Cumberland.
Buried in BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot I. Row F. Grave 2. |
FERGUSON |
B |
No
further information currently available |
FISHER |
H |
No
further information currently available |
FULTON |
Samuel |
Private
19160, 1st Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 1 July 1916.
Born Workington, Cumberland, resident Moor Row, Cumberland, enlisted
Cleator Moor, Cumberland. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 6 A and 7 C. |
GLOVER |
Alfred |
Private
14764, 7th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 11 October
1918. Born and resident Moor Row, Cumberland, enlisted Cleator Moor,
Cumberland. Buried in ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY,
MANANCOURT, Somme, France. Plot XIII. Row C. Grave 27. |
GLOVER |
Thomas |
Corporal
241213, 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. Died of wounds in Italy
1 September 1918. Aged 23. Born Egremont, Cumberland, resident
Moor Row, Cumberland, enlisted Cleator Moor, Cumberland. Son of
George and Elizabeth Glover, of 3, John St., Moor Row, Cumberland.
Re-buried in the Communal Cemetery (Vault 83) in 1930. Buried
in TRENTO COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Italy. Vault 83.
Extrat
from Whitehaven Advertiser and Cleator Moor and Egremont Observer
- Saturday 12 October 1918, page 8:
Miss
Glover, the sister of Corpl. T. Glover, of Moor Row, has had word
that her brother is a prisoner of war in a Red Cross ‘Hospital
in Austria. He was a Border Territorial.
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GOAD |
R |
No
further information currently available |
HADWIN |
Jonah
[Wilson] |
Private
53006, 11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers formerly 25934, Border
Regiment. Died of wounds 30 April 1918. Aged 30. Born and enlisted
Whitehaven, Cumberland. Husband of Mina Hadwin, of 27, Scalegill
Rd., Moor Row, Cumberland. Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XVI. Row D. Grave 1. |
HANSON |
T |
No
further information currently available |
HOLD |
Edmund |
Acting
Corporal 19164, 8th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action
15 July 1916. Born Workington, Cumberland, resident Scalegill, Moor
Row, Cumberland, enlisted Cleator Moor, Cumberland. Buried in POZIERES
BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE, Somme, France. Plot I.
Row F. Grave 29. |
HUNTER |
A |
No
further information currently available |
IRVING |
C |
No
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IRVING |
J |
No
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IRVING |
W |
No
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JACKSON |
Thomas
B |
Private
17822, 7th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 25 June
1916. Born Ambleside, Westmorland, resident Moor Row, Cumberland,
enlisted Cleator Moor, Cumberland. Buried in CITADEL NEW MILITARY
CEMETERY, FRICOURT, Somme, France. Plot III. Row E. Grave 8. |
JAMES |
J |
No
further information currently available |
LANCASTER |
Harry |
Private
16/1628, 16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Died of wounds
16 July 1916. Aged 27. Son of Thomas and Mary A. Lancaster, of 20,
Church St., Moor Row, Cumberland. Buried in ETRETAT CHURCHYARD,
Seine-Maritime, France. Plot II. Row D. Grave 2A. |
MITCHELL |
C |
No
further information currently available |
MURRAY |
W |
No
further information currently available |
NICHOLSON |
George |
Corporal
12827, 7th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 3 September
1915. Born Hensingham, Cumberland, resident Scalegill, Cumberland,
enlisted Egremont, Cumberland. Buried in ZANTVOORDE BRITISH CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot III. Row K. Grave 6. |
O'NEILL |
James |
[Listed
on memorial as O'NEILE] Private 19287, 6th Battalion, Border Regiment.
Killed in action 27 September 1916. Aged 20. Born Egremont, Cumberland,
resident Moor Row, Cumberland, enlisted Cleator Moor, Cumberland.
Son of James and Margaret O'Neill, of 3, Railway Terrace, Moor Row,
Cumberland. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 6 A and 7 C. |
PALMER |
Philip |
Private
12581. 6th Battalion, Border Regiment. Died of wounds in Egypt 7
September 1915. Aged 23. Born and resident Moor Row, Cumberland,
enlisted Egremont, Cumberland. Son of Joseph and Jane Palmer, of
63, John St., Moor Row, Cumberland. Buried in CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL
CEMETERY, Egypt. Section D. Grave 89. |
PHILLIPS |
W
T H |
No
further information currently available |
ROBINSON |
Robert |
Private
2021292, 72nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Killed in action 27
September 1918. Aged 30. Born 19 May 1888 in Askham, Lancashire.
Husband of Gertrude Gunson (formerly Robinson), of Alva House,
15 Church Street, Moor Row, Cumberland, England. Drafted 24 January
1918 at Vancouver, British Columbia, aged 29, height 5 feet 9
inches, weight 138 lbs, chest 30½-34½, ruddy complexion,
grey eyes, dark brown hair, religious denomination Church of England,
a carpenter by trade, son of James Robinson. Embarked Halifax,
Nova Scotia, Canada 27 February 1918, disembarked Glasgow, Scotland,
taken on strength at Seaford 11 Mrch 1918, given permisison to
marry 28 May 1918, arrived in France with 72nd Battalion 13 July
1918. Buried in QUARRY WOOD CEMETERY, SAINS-LES-MARQUION, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot III. Row C. Grave 5. National Archives
of Canada Accession Reference: Canadian
Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box
8394 - 43
Extract
from Whitehaven Advertiser and Cleator Moor and Egremont Observer
- Saturday 2 November 1918, page 6:
Private
Robert Robinson, a Workington member of the Canadian Force, whose
wife lives at Moor Row, and whose father is in Canada, has been
killed.
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SMITH |
J |
No
further information currently available |
SOUTHWARD |
William |
Private
14033, 6th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action at Gallipoli
21 August 1915. Aged 24. Born and enlisted Egremont, Cumberland,
resident Moor Row, Cumberland. Father of Miss E. Southward, of 70,
Pernance St., Moor Row, Cumberland. Buried in GREEN HILL CEMETERY,
Turkey (including Gallipoli). Plot I. Row D. Grave 19. |
STEADMAN |
J |
No
further information currently available |
STEELE |
R |
No
further information currently available |
WALKER |
H |
No
further information currently available |
WILKINSON |
John
William |
Private
14386, 14th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died of wounds 19
December 1915. Born Newcastle, resident Moor Row, Cumberland, enlisted
Washington. Buried in POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot V. Collective grave 17. |
WRIGHT |
B |
No
further information currently available |
WRIGHT |
I |
No
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YOUNG |
J |
No
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YOUNG |
T |
No
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IN
GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THOSE WHO MADE THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE WAR
1939 - 1945 |
BEWLEY |
John
Bainbridge |
Private
1528309, The Hallamshire Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment.
Presumed killed in action at sea 1 March 1945. Aged 29. Born Egremont,
Cumberland 3 November 1915. Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Bewley, of Moor
Row, Cumberland; husband of Mary Grace Bewley, of Lamplugh, Cumberland.
In the 1921 census he was aged 6, born Egremont, Cumberland, son
of Thomas and Susan Annie bewley, resident 58, John Street, Moor
Row, Egremont, Cumberland. In the 1939 Register he was a Butcher's
Salesman, unmarried, resident with his parents at 45 John Street,
Moor Row, Ennerdale R.D., Cumberland. No known grave. Commemorated
on BROOKWOOD 1939-1945 MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 13. Column 3. |
BONE |
Eric |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1541373, 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
(Bomber Command). Killed in action when the Lancaster I, serial
number NG420, was shot down by flak at Sindorf 12 miles west of
the target during a raid on Cologne 24 December 1944. Aged 22. Based
as Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire. Son of Henry Stables Bone and Annie
Bone, of Bransty, Whitehaven, Cumberland. Buried in VENRAY WAR CEMETERY,
Limburg, Netherlands. Plot VII. Row D. Grave 5. |
COX |
John |
Fusilier
5961118, 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Died of wounds in North Africa 30 September 1943. Aged 20. Born
19 October 1922, and resident, Cumberland. Son of Peter Cox, and
of Sarah Jane Cox, of Moor Row, Cumberland. In the 1939 Register
he was unmarried, an Apprentice Plumber & Painter, resident
with his widowed mother, Sarah J Cox, at 28 Penzance Street, Moor
Row, Ennerdale R.D., Cumberland. Buried in BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA,
Algeria. Plot VII. Row E. Grave 12. |
HIGGIN |
A |
No
further information currently available |
HORNELL |
Kenneth
Vincent |
Ordinary
Seaman LT/JX 436509, French Ship Paris II, Royal Naval Patrol Service.
Died at sea when he was lost overboard 14 June 1943. Aged 19. Born
24 May 1924 in Bootle, Cumberland. Son of John and Bessie Evelyn
Hornell, of Moor Row, Cumberland. No known grave. Commemorated on
LOWESTOFT NAVAL MEMORIAL, Suffolk. Panel 12, Column 1. |
JEFFERY |
E |
No
further information currently available |
MOYLE |
Richard
Henry |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 2219023, 12 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Lost without trace during a Nickel leaflet raid
to Brittany flying in a Wellington X, serial number LP155, 16 May
1944. Based at Chipping Warden, Northamptonshire. Native of Cleator
Moor, Cumberland. Son of Richard Henry and Annie Moyle; husband
of Mary Ann Moyle, of Cleator Moor, Cumberland. No known grave.
Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 235. |
RAE |
Kenneth |
Able
Seaman D/JX 366006, H.M.S. Itchen, Royal Navy. Died at sea when
his ship was sunk when hit by an acoustic homing torpedo fired
by the German submarine U-666 23 September 1943. Aged 21. Born
25 October 1921 in Moor Row, Cumberland. Son of James and Mary
E. Rae, of Moor Row, Whitehaven, Cumberland. In the 1939 Register
he was unmarried, a Member of the L.M.S, Railway Signal &
Telegraph Engineers Maintain & Repair Staff, resident with
his parents at No 4 Wall Houses, Moor Row, Ennerdale R.D., Cumberland.
No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon.
Panel 80, Column 1.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1944:
RAE
Kenneth of 42 English-street Longtown Cumberland
died 23 September 1943 on war service Administration Carlisle
20 April to James Rae railway signalman. Effects £169 19s.
|
SMITH |
John |
Boy
1st Class D/JX 166841, H.M.S. Prince of Wales, Royal Navy. Died
at sea 10 December 1941. Aged 17. Born 30 March 1924 in Whitehaven,
Cumberland. Son of William Mitchinson Smith and Leonora Smith, of
Moor Row, Cumberland. In the 1939 Register he was single, unemployed,
resident with his parents at 76 Penzance Street, Moor Row, Ennerdale
R.D., Cumberland. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL
MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 50, Column 1. |
THOMPSON |
H |
No
further information currently available |
THOMPSON |
Leonard |
Leading
Telegraphist D/JX 152099, H.M. Submarine Trooper, Royal Navy. Died
at sea 17 October 1943. Aged 22. Born 9 July 1921 in Whitehaven,
Cumberland. Son of John Kitchen Thompson and Mabel Thompson, of
Moor Row, Cumberland. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL
MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 81, Column 1.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1944:
THOMPSON
Leonard of 27 Church-street Moor Row Cumberland
died 17 October 1943 on war service Administration
Carlisle 5 February to Mabel Thompson (wife of John Kitchin
Thompson). Effects £159 11s. 5d.
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WILLIAMS |
Thomas
Leonard |
Second
Lieutenant 130532, Royal Engineers formerly Officer Cadet 2192544,
enlisted 28 September 1939, aged 20, discharged under Paragraph
383 (xvii) 10 May 1940. Accidentally killed in the Middle East 13
March 1941. Aged 21. Born 10 May 1919 in Cumberland, resident Cumberland.
Son of William John and Eliza Williams, of Moor Row, Cumberland.
In the 1921 census he was aged 2, born Egremont, Cumberland, son
of William John and Eliza Williams, resident Sealegill Road, Moor
Row, Egremont, Cumberland. In the 1939 Register he was unmarried,
University Student, Oxford University, resident with his parents
at 28 Church Street, Moor Row, Ennerdale R.D., Cumberland. Enlisted
aged 20. Buried in ISMAILIA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot 3.
Row A. Grave 11.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1941:
WILLIAMS
Thomas Leonard of 1 Scalegill-road Moor Row Egremont
Cumberland died 13 March 1941 on war service
Administration Carlisle 11 December to William
John Williams master painter and decorator. Effects £74
15s. 5d.
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THEY
LIVE FOREVER
UNVEILED
BY
R.Q.M.S. J. K. THOMPSON, R.A.M.C.
NOV.
14, 1948
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