The War Memorial
Remembering the men of Natland who gave their lives in the service of their country.
The Natland war memorial stands in the churchyard of St Mark's Church, Natland. It commemorates the men from this small Westmorland village who lost their lives in the First World War (1914–1918) and the Second World War (1939–1945).
The memorial is a Grade II listed structure, recognised by Historic England (List Entry 1457167). The original plaque bears six names from the First World War. A second plaque, added following the research of John Chandler, commemorates a further eleven men associated with St Mark's Church whose names were not on the original memorial.
The Fallen Remembered
Each name on the memorial represents a life cut short — a son, a brother, a husband, a father. Through careful research, this site aims to tell each of their stories, to put faces and lives to the names carved in stone.
Where they rest
Twenty-five of the men commemorated on the Natland war memorial have a known burial site or named memorial — from the village churchyard at St Mark's to Vimy and Menin Gate, from Imphal to Westerbeek and Tobruk. The map below plots all of them. First World War Second World War
J. Hudson (WW1) is the only man not on the map — 57 servicemen of the same name were killed in the First World War; specific identification was not possible.
In the News
- Natland honours new war heroes — The Westmorland Gazette