Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Berwick Upon Tweed
- Town
- Belford
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: March 1922
Attended by: Dr James McDonald - Rededicated
Date: October 2005
Attended by: Rev Adrian Hughes - Dedicated
Date: March 1922
Attended by: Rev F Goodburn Buffey - Show More (2)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
In front of the Belford Community Club. Formally Belford Memorial Hall.
Belford Community Club
West Street
Belford
Berwick Upon Tweed
Northumberland
NE70 7QE
England
OS Grid Ref: NU 10625 33817
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Monument made of sandstone blocks, to which another course of blocks has been added later. Flanking panels of sandstone curve in front to give a frontage which is paved with square red tile bricks, and has a wrought iron fence in front. On the main sandstone wall are 4 tall, narrow bronze plaques bearing WW1 names in a single column on each. On the upper course is another bronze plaque laid at right angle to the WW1 plaques bearing the WW2 names in three columns divided by a vertical line. All lettering is in raised elongated capitals.
- Inscription
- 1939 1945/ (Names)/ 1914 - 1918/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anderson, Thomas J
Anderson, Wm. Mahon
Bell, G R H
Cameron, William
Chapman, J C
Chisholm, T W
Clark, James
Clothier, Wm.h
Cockburn, A
Collins, Thomas
See details for all 77 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 56
Served and returned: 0
Died: 56
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 20
Served and returned: 0
Died: 20
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Wall
Measurements: height 1210mm, width 3040mm
Materials: Stone - Freestone - First World War memorial
Measurements: height 310mm, width 535mm
Materials: Bronze - Second World War memorial
Measurements: height 305mm, width 915mm
Materials: Bronze - Fence/ Railing
Measurements: height 4260mm
Materials: Wrought Iron
- Wall
- Listing information
- Belford 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
- Belford War Memorial
- WMO ID: 91013
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 21-03-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2019: following the sale of the Memorial Hall, Belford Parish Council assumed ownership of the entire Grade 2 listed site and the responsibility for its upkeep Three Parish Councillors were appointed as "Trustees". 2005: Restoration, and four omitted names added, two for each war. The restoration cost c £4,000 of which £1,000 was a grant from the War Memorials Trust
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Belford Parish Council
- Reference
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6502
- War Memorials Trust newsletter 28 Winter 2005/2006
- Northumberland Gazette 17 November 2005 reports on the rededication, with photographs
- St George's Gazette Volume XL (1922) reports details of the menorial at length
- ALNWICK AND COUNTY GAZETTE 25 February 1922- discusions on the unveiling; 1 April 1922- the unveiling
- MORPETH HERALD 31 March 1922- the unveiling
- Berwick Advertiser 13 February 1930 reports children playing round the memorial, proposals to install railings rejected in favour of a letter to the school
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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