Above Derwent

A beautiful setting for this memorial - 'Above Derwent' covers the area to the west and north-west of Derwent Water. The pasture is hidden from the road by a tall hedge and you have to look for a gate at one corner for the only sight of the memorial from the road. The road itself used to be the main road west out of Keswick, between Portinscale and Braithwaite, and was part of the A594, and was the setting for a garage where a murder was committed in the 1935 book, 'The Lake District Murder,' by John Bude. Having read the book, it was fascinating to actually see the approximate location.



















1914 - 1918

S Grisdale
A B K Cook
18865 Private James Duffield 7th Norfolk Regiment 18.8.1916
T Williamson
11776 Lance Corporal John Strong M.M. 1st Royal Berkshire Regiment 3.5.1917, aged 24 Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Strong, of Hodgson Howe, Portinscale
12918 Private Robert Just 8th Border Regiment 3-5.7.1916
15837 Corporal Victor Barnes 7th Border Regiment 28.10.1917, aged 30 Son of Dixon and Susannah Barnes, of East House, Newlands
H Hughes
J.S. Birkett - 109022 Air Mechanic 2nd Class J Birkett Royal Air Force 7.7.1921, aged 43 Son of Joseph and Ann Birkett, of Portinscale; husband of Sarah Jane Birkett, of 4, Leonard Street, Keswick
14435 Corporal Joseph Braithwaite Fisher 8th Border Regiment 15.7.1916, aged 21 Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Fisher, of Tower Cottages, Portinscale
14476 Private Hewitson Pendlebury 2nd Border Regiment 30.3.1917, aged 30 Son of Adam and Mary Pendlebury, of 1, West Bank Street, Hindsford, Lancashire
C Holdsworth
23305 Private Robert Postlethwaite 11th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 28.5.1917, aged 20 Son of Mrs. Kate Postlethwaite, of High Snab, Newlands
C Williamson
895461 Private William Cockbain 50th Canadian Infantry 26.10.1917, aged 35 Son of William and Mary Cockbain, of Keswick
14445 Lance Corporal James Gibson 11th Border Regiment 4.7.1917, aged 31 Husband of Agnes Gibson, of 3, Banks Place, Keswick
T Dixon
Sarah Barnes
201401 Private Albert Noah Pryce 2nd/4th Border Regiment 28.9.1919, aged 23 Son of Noah and Mary Ann Pryce Of Bridge House, Braithwaite

1939 - 1945

G Walker
93336 Lieutenant Frank Derwent Gates 9th The King's Regiment (Liverpool), attached 2nd Lincolnshire Regiment 25.4.1945, aged 30 Son of Alfred and Margaret Gates; husband of Muriel Gates, of Keswick
128786 Captain Keith Peter Hoare 44th Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. 10.7.1943, aged 22 Son of Lieut.-Comdr. Keith Robin Hoare, D.S.O., and Brenda Hoare, of Portinscale
I W Temple
J F Thwaite
G E T Brown
937534 Sergeant (Flight Engineer) Frank Birkett Walker 44 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 27.4.1944, aged 23 Son of William and Alice Walker, of Portinscale
R L T Johnson
R V Williamson
E Dixon
A Clark
J Clark
3600142 Lance Bombardier Ronald Alexander Herd 321 Battery, 26 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery 21.4.1941, aged 19 Son of Alexander S. Herd and Jessie A. Herd, of Low Portinscale