Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Undefined
- Town
- New Shildon
- County
- Durham
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18976
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Current location
Redworth Road
New Shildon
Durham
DL24 2JJ
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 23204 25512
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- ALL SAINTS CEMETERY
New Shildon
Sedgefield
Durham
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 230 260
Denomination: Undefined
- ALL SAINTS CEMETERY
- Description
- Cross of red sandstone surmounts pillar. Four panels around base bear the inscription and names.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF 124 NEW SHILDON MEN WHO LAID DOWN THIER LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ "BLOW OUT YE BUGLES OVER THE RICH DEAD. THERE IS NONE OF THESE SO LONELY AND POOR OF OLD, BUT DYING HAS MADE US RICHER GIFTS THAN GOLD. HE THAT LOSETH HIS LIFE SHALL FIND IT - UNTO LIFE ETERNAL."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Akers, A E
Alderson, F
Alderson, T
Applegarth, J
Armitage, D
Atkinson, J
Atkinson, W
Bainbridge, R
Banham, J A
Bell, J R M
See details for all 129 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 129
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 129
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: rank,surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height C 10 FT
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- Cross
- Listing information
- New Shildon 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
- NEW SHILDON WW1
- WMO ID: 105040
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 14-05-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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