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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Gateshead
- Town
- Ryton
- County
- Tyne And Wear
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 05th November 1921
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 34410
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Current location
Station Bank
Ryton
Gateshead
Tyne And Wear
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 150 640
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- THREE FLIGHT STEPPED BASE SURMOUNTED BY PLINTH, TAPERING SHAFT AND CROSS. WALL BEHIND THE CROSS HAS METAL PLAQUES FOR WW1 SET INTO IT WITH THE DEDICATORY INSCRIPTION AND NAMES. WW2 INSCRIPTIONS ARE ON TWO BRONZE PLAQUES SET ONTO THE THREE AND NINE O'CLOCK FACES OF THE PLINTH
- Inscription
- CROSS, 6 O'CLOCK FACE: 1914 - 1918/ 1939 - 1945/ IN/ REMEMBRANCE CROSS 3 AND 9 O'CLOCK FACE: (WW2 NAMES) WALL, WW1 PLAQUE: TO THE ILLUSTRIOUS MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF RYTON URBAN / DISTRICT WHO DIED IN THE CAUSE / OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND OF FREEDOM / IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR / AND IN GRATITUDE TO ALMIGHTY / GOD FOR THE GIFT OF SUCH / SPLENDID SONS. / HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE WHO SINK TO REST / BY ALL THEIR COUNTRY'S WISHES BLESS'D! / OFFICERS/ (NAMES) WALL, OTHER PLAQUES: (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anderson, T
Archer, E
Armstrong, James
Armstrong, John
Armstrong, William
Armstrong, William
Armstrong, William
Arscott, William
Babe, J
Bainbridge, C
See details for all 271 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 94
Served and returned: 0
Died: 94
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 271
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 271
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank
Order of information: rank,surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Cross
- Listing information
- Ryton 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
- RYTON
- WMO ID: 179445
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 27-03-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Memorial: C £1250
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- SHIELDS DAILY NEWS by N/A 07 NOV 1921 Source: Media Library Published:N/A NORTHUMBERLAND
- Carter Postcard Collection
- NEWCASTLE DAILY JOURNAL by N/A 24 SEP 1920 Source: Media Library Published:N/A NEWCASTLE
- CDR33.01
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