Know owt about Maryport's old Oddfellows war board? The Carlisle museum wants to hear from you Museum asks Maryport for memories of a WW1 honours board from the town's Oddfellows lodge

There's a WW1 honours board from Maryport's old Oddfellows lodge on Eaglesfield Street sat in the museum at Carlisle Castle, and they know hardly anything about it. If your family had links, they want to hear.

If your family's been in Maryport a long time, or you're into local history, have a think about this one.

The Museum of Military Life up at Carlisle Castle has a First World War honours board from Maryport, and they'd love to know more about it. It lists the men who served in the war who were members of the Loyal Excelsior Lodge of Oddfellows, and it was first found in the lodge building on Eaglesfield Street.

It's a proper bit of work. It's a big board round an oil painting on canvas, with the names in gold letters and a little white cross next to the lads who didn't come back. It was painted by James Mackay of Maryport. It nearly got chucked out at one point, but the Senhouse museum saved it. Then in 2009 it went to Carlisle, because it didn't really fit with all the Roman stuff at the Senhouse.

Jules Wooding, who manages the museum, said: "It's quite interesting because we haven't got the full history of it." And: "It's like a puzzle isn't it? You start to put those pieces together."

Nobody seems to know much about the Maryport Oddfellows at all. They were a friendly society with lodges all over the country. Maryport Town Council's going to be asked what it thinks, and whether there's somewhere in town that could give the board a home again.

What to do: if you know owt about the board, the names on it, or the old lodge, get in touch with the Museum of Military Life at Carlisle Castle. Old photos, lodge papers or something your nana told you could all help. The board's on the War Memorials Online and IWM War Memorials Register websites.

The Museum of Military Life in Carlisle is asking Maryport people what they know about a First World War honours board from the Loyal Excelsior Lodge of Oddfellows on Eaglesfield Street, as Maryport Town Council considers whether it could come home.

This is for Maryport families with roots in the town going back to the First World War, local historians, and anyone who remembers the Oddfellows lodge on Eaglesfield Street.

The Museum of Military Life at Carlisle Castle is appealing for information about a Maryport First World War honours board in its collection. The board lists men who served in the war who were members of the Loyal Excelsior Lodge of Oddfellows, whose building on Eaglesfield Street is where it was originally found.

The War Memorials Online record describes it as a large board around an oil on canvas painting, with the names of those who served in gold lettering and a small white cross against those who died. It was painted by James Mackay of Maryport. The record says it was threatened with destruction and saved by the Senhouse museum, before moving to what was then the Border Regiment Museum in Carlisle Castle. The museum says that move happened in 2009, because the board had no link to the Senhouse's Roman collection.

Jules Wooding, manager of the Museum of Military Life, said: "It's quite interesting because we haven't got the full history of it." She added: "It's like a puzzle isn't it? You start to put those pieces together."

Little is known about the Maryport branch of the Oddfellows, a friendly society with lodges across the country. Maryport Town Council members are due to be asked for their views on the board and whether there is a suitable place in the town that could take it.

What you can do: if you know anything about the board, the men named on it, or the Loyal Excelsior Lodge, contact the Museum of Military Life at Carlisle Castle. Old photos, lodge papers or family stories could all help. The board's details are on the War Memorials Online and IWM War Memorials Register websites.