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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cenotaph
- District
- Blyth Valley
- Town
- Blyth
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- MESSRS T & G COCKS of Blyth (Sculptor)
MR LEIPER (Borough Surveyor) (Designer) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 15 August 1923
Attended by: DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND and dedicated by Reverend A Tuson
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 33495
Current location
Ridley Park
Blyth
Blyth Valley
Northumberland
NE24 3AX
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 31977 81240
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Knight Memorial Hospital
Beaconsfield Road
Blyth
Blyth Valley
Northumberland
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Knight Memorial Hospital
- Description
- Plain rectangular Cenotaph on two-stepped base. Name plaques on three faces. The names have been cast in the bronze in Roman capitals throughout, in four columns on the front face, and in three columns on the sides. The dedication is incised into the granite below the plaque, the top line in Gothic script and the rest in Roman capitals.
- Inscription
- 1914 - 18/ IN REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE MEN OF BLYTH WHO ENDURED GREAT HARDSHIPS/ ACHIEVED GLORIOUS DEEDS AND DIED FOR FREEDOM/ AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, P
Allen, R C
Andepson, G C
Anderson, C
Anderson, E
Anderson, J G
Anderson, M D
Armstrong, L
Armstrong, M
Armstrong, S
See details for all 465 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 637
Served and returned: 0
Died: 637
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname THEN forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cenotaph
Measurements: height 12FT
Materials: Granite - Plaques / Panels with names
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Cenotaph
- Listing information
- Blyth First World 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
- BLYTH CENOTAPH
- WMO ID: 182323
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 07-08-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Comments: Cost £2,000
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
Details: Public subscription, inc. fund raising efforts. - Reference
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6620
- Carter Postcard Collection
- SHIELDS DAILY NEWS various dates 1921-1925
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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