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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wansbeck
- Town
- Newbiggin-by-the-sea
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: Feb 1952
Attended by: Major General Sir Richard Howard Vyse, RBL National Chairman
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 74520
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Current location
Maritime Heritage Centre
Newbiggin-by-the-sea
Wansbeck
Northumberland
NE64 6DX
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 31684 88011
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Royal British Legion
Newbiggin-by-the-sea
Wansbeck
Northumberland
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Royal British Legion
- Description
- Oak Board, with hemispherical pillars up each side. At centre top is a wreath carved in half relief. The centre panel is sunken. Names are in 2 columns. Lettering is hand painted using sans serifs capitals throughout.
- Inscription
- BRITISH LEGION/NEWBIGGIN & NORTH SEATON BRANCH/TO THE GLORY OF GOD/& IN MEMORY OF/[names]/1939-1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Appleton, T
Appleton, W
Armstrong, J T
Aspin, T
Aynsley, J W
Beers, R
Bentley, S
Blackett, H
Brown, G
Brownbridge, H
See details for all 59 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 59
Served and returned: 0
Died: 59
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Board
- 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
- Newbiggin -by-the-Sea Royal British Legion WW2
- WMO ID: 256410
- Condition: Good [last updated on 11-02-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Morpeth Herald 29/2/1952
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