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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- North Tyneside
- Town
- New York
- County
- Tyne And Wear
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Mr Endean of Cramlington (Makers)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 28 Mar 1921
Attended by: Alderman Mason of Whitley Bay
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 17732
Current location
Murton Lane / New York Road. (Beside Wheatsheaf Inn)
New York
North Tyneside
Tyne And Wear
NE27 0LR
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 32339 70242
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Three-stepped abse surmounted by plinth, sahft and sandstone Celtic Wheel Cros. Inscription carved into one side. Wreath in releif above plinth. Four palm leaves on upper corners of plinth.
- Inscription
- To / the / glorious / dead /Erected by / the inhabitants of / the district / in memory of / the brave men who fell / in the war / 1914 – 1918/[names]/Pass not this stone in sorrow but in pride / For they died that you might live.
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Adams, J H
Aitchinson, N
Alhstead, G
Alhstead, J W
Ashton, Jw
Bell, L
Belshaw, W
Blankburn, J
Boyle, W J
Brennan, N F
See details for all 68 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 68
Served and returned: 0
Died: 68
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank, initials of forenames
Order of information: rank THEN surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 12FT, width 48IN
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- Cross
- Listing information
- New York 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
- Murton and New York Cross
- WMO ID: 106215
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 14-04-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- SOME WEATHERING OF MEMORIAL
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Shields Daily News 29/3/1921 reports unveiling
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=8160
- Illustrated Chronicle 29/3/1921 has photographs of unveiling
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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