Men of Cambo Parish

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Memorial details

Memorial type

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

First World War (1914-1918)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 4 July 1920
Attended by: Sir George Trevelyan of Wallington Hall

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

33680

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Current location

Holy Trinity Church
Cambo
Alnwick
Northumberland
NE61 4BA
England

OS Grid Ref: NZ 02661 85736
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

Granite obelisk on a square plinth with names incised on faces. The whole rests on 3 sandstone steps. Carved laurel wreath draped over top. The WW2 casualties are on the Kirkwhelpington memorial.

Inscription

TO / THE UNDYING MEMORY / OF / THE MEN OF CAMBO PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / DURING THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Adamson, Charles J H
Ainslie, Robert
Brodie, Robert
Brown, Charles
Brown, Nicholas
Buglass, Andrew
Buglass, George
Codling, Henry C
Cutter, Edwin
Lawson, William
See details for all 22 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 22
Served and returned: 0
Died: 22
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: surname

Components

Obelisk
Measurements: depth 660MM, height 4000MM, width 660MM
Materials: Granite
Detail
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sandstone

Listing information

Cambo War Memorial
Grade II
This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website

Condition

Cambo obelisk
WMO ID: 155789
Condition: Good [last updated on 23-10-2019]
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History

REPAIRED AFTER FALLING TREE BROKE IT IN HALF

Costs

Site: £167

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Responsibility

Unclear if the National Trust (who own the village) or the Parish Council

Reference

North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6816
NEWCASTLE DAILY JOURNAL 5 July 1920
MORPETH HERALD 30 January and 9 July 1920

This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.

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