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St Martin’s church, Bowness on Windermere has a Boer war memorial dated 1903 in churchyard and within the church a memorial chapel for both World Wars which includes stained glass windows, plaques, and a memorial organ.

THIS CROSS
WAS ERECT-
ED IN THE
YEAR OF
OUR LORD
1903 IN
GRATEFUL
REMEMBR
ANCE OF
THE DECLA-
RATION OF
PEACE IN
SOUTH AFRICA
AND IN MEM-
ORY OF THOSE
WHO FOUGHT
AND FELL FOR
THEIR SOVE-
REIGN AND
EMPIRE

Thank you for this image Berenice. Have you come across many memorials like this that are generic in nature?

Best wishes
David

djb wrote: Thank you for this image Berenice. Have you come across many memorials like this that are generic in nature?

Best wishes
David

No, I haven't, at least not for the Boer War. There isn't an accompanying plaque with names inside the church but there must have been men from Bowness/Ambleside who served and died. I'll try to find out what the local newspaper back then was and see if I can find time to check the back copies.

Berenice

Do you know the material used in the manufacture of this memorial?

Regards
Brett

Something which has weathered well because it looks as though it was put up yesterday. Could it be limestone?