Lieut. CG Lewthwaite MC
Location: St Anne’s Church, Thwaites, Cumbria
Details on cross:
In memory of
Lieut. CG Lewthwaite MC
C/231 Brigade RFA
Killed in Action
July 29th 1917
Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): Painted
Cross dimensions (millimetres please)
Shaft Height: 800mm approx
Other information
Mounting to wall: Mounting screws
Detailing: Engraved metal plate screwed to shaft
Notes and observations:
When entering the church from the porch the cross is clearly visible to the left, on the wall behind the font. Installed in church in 1924.
here. The Lewthwaite family lived nearby at Broadgate house and the family served in the British Army for several generations after 1917. Bde Lewthwaite died around 1998
Survey and photographs courtesy of M Street. Date of survey: 29/7/17 (synchronicity…)