Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Tynedale
- Town
- Simonburn
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 34240
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Current location
on the wall of the north aisle
St Mungo's Church
Simonburn
Tynedale
Northumberland
NE48 3AS
England
OS Grid Ref: NY870735
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- PLAIN RECTANGULAR WHITE MARBLE TABLET SET WITHIN A BLACK MARBLE FRAME. INCISED INSCRIPTION IN BLACK PAINTED LETTERING BLACK MARBLE CROSS AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE TABLET
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ MERTRAM ALLGOOD/ CAPTAIN/ ROYAL IRISH RIFLES/ WHO FELL IN ACTION/ AT YPRES 7 DECEMBER/ 1914/ "I THANK MY GOD UPON/ EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allgood, Bertram
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, date of death,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Black - Tablet
Measurements: height 1065MM, width 685MM
Materials: Marble - White
- Frame
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- WMSS32.2
- Alan Grint has researched the names on this memorial in his book In Silent Fortitude, 2011 Ergo Press ISBN 9780955751098
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=8844
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