Additional general notes on the memorial
In spite of this memorial the village did lose one man in WW1. This is known from the Penrith Observer of 25/1/1921 & the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald of 22/1/1921 – which both report a marble tablet erected in the Wesleyan chapel, unveiled 15/1/1921 to Private Shepherd (only casualty), by Mr Isaac Simpson of Hunsonby who knew the deceased, his 5 sisters and father who is now (1921) a Kirkby Stephen Wesleyan local preacher. He fell in 1916. Unfortunately the exact wording is not recorded and there is insufficient information anywhere else to identify this casualty. The Chapel closed in 1982 and was sold in 1984 for conversion to a private dwelling. The memorial was removed by his family descendants in November 1983 (refer letter dated 21/11/1983 in file DFCM 4/6/15/2 at Carlisle Record Office), so is now in private hands.