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| war memorial, Eamont Bridge | ||
| locality:- | Eamont Bridge | |
| civil parish:- | Yanwath and Eamont Bridge (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | war memorial | |
| coordinates:- | NY52362840 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5228 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY52 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Harper 1907 |
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| source data:- | Guidebook, The Manchester and Glasgow Road, by Charles G Harper,
published by Chapman and Hall Ltd, London, 1907. HP01p127.txt Page 127:- "... [Eamont Bridge]" "On the embankment enclosing the prehistoric camp there has been placed in the last few years a monument, in the shape" HP01p128.txt Page 128:- "of an Iona cross, to the patriotism of four natives of Eamont Bridge. But let the inscription on the cross itself tell the tale: "At that crisis in the history of the Empire, when volunteers were invited for active service in the South African War, this village of Eamont Bridge sent four: John Hindson, William Todd, and Arthur Warwick, of the 24th Coy. (Westmoreland and Cumberland) Imperial Yeomanry, and William Hindson, of the Volunteer Coy. of the Border Regt. Of these John Hindson and William Todd were killed in action at Faber's Put, 30th May, 1900. This monument was erected by public subscription on this historic spot granted by Lord Brougham and Vaux, 1901. Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori."" |
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