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Bowness-on-Windermere War Memorial

Just up Lake Road from the Royalty Cinema in Bowness-on-Windermere lies Windermere’s War Memorial, a stone wall with plinth in the centre surmounted by a tapered rectangular column. A laurel wreath and sword of sacrifice are on the front face of the column.

The WW1 inscription on the wall reads “In undying memory of the men who fell in the Great War.” Posts at each end bear WW2 names on the internal panels:-

War Memorial, Bowness-on-Windermere

Central column:-

Central Column, Bowness-on-Windermere War Memorial

The plinth contains names for the Great War:-

Great War Names, War Memorial, Bowness-on-Windermere

The external left hand post bears a name from the Korean War 1951. Great War names beyond.

Names Bowness-on-Windermere, War Memorial

The right hand external post contains a dedication “On active service 1985.” Great War names beyond:-

Bowness-on-Windermere, War Memorial, Active Service Dedication

Second World War Names on internal faces of the posts:-

Second World War Names, Bowness-on-Windermere War Memorial

Bowness-on-Windermere War Memorial, Second World War Names

 

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