Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Other memorial
- District
- Wansbeck
- Town
- Ashington
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 28th October 1983
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 33708
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Current location
ASHINGTON LIBRARY
Portland park
Kenilworth Road
Ashington
Wansbeck
Northumberland
NE63 9JY
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 27205 87712
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- SQUARE PEDESTAL SURMOUNTED BY MODERN SCULPTURE REPRESENTING SILHOUETTES OF SOLDIERS RESTING ON THEIR RIFLES. INSCRIPTION ON BRONZE PLAQUES SET INTO THE PEDESTAL. INSCRIPTION IN WHITE LETTERING AND NAMES IN COLUMNS
- Inscription
- SIDE ONE: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND GLORIOUS/ MEMORY OF THOSE INHABITANTS OF/ ASHINGTON AND DISTRICT/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES) SIDE TWO AND THREE: (NAMES) SIDE FOUR: AND TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THOSE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE WAR 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Gales, T
Gardiner, A W
Gibson, J
Gilbert, A
Gilmore, W J
Gilroy, D
Gilroy, J
Gladstone, G
Glasper, A
Gleghorn, R
See details for all 229 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 736
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 736
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,regiment
Order of information: surname,regiment - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 151
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 151
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
Order of information: surname,rank,regiment
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Pedestal
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Concrete - Plaque
Measurements: height 1320MM, width 760MM
Materials: Bronze - Sculpture
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stainless Steel
- Pedestal
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- ASHINGTON AND DISTRICT
- WMO ID: 90656
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 11-05-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- THE BRONZE PLAQUE FOR WW1 AND WW2 WERE ORIGINALLY OUTSIDE THE MEMORIAL WAR AT ASHINGTON HOSPITAL. WHEN THE WARD WAS DEMOLISHED THE PLAQUES WERE PLACED IN THE CRICKET CLUBHOUSE UNTIL THEY WERE INCORPORATED IN THIS MEMORIAL
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- WANSBECK DISTRICT COUNCIL
- Reference
- MORPETH HERALD by N/A 30/11/23 14/12/23 27/03/25 16/02/45 02/04/48 Source: Media Library Published:N/A MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND
- WMSA17.1
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