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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wansbeck
- Town
- Ashington
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: February 1921
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 33733
Current location
ON THE WEST WALL
ST GEORGES URC
Station Rd
Ashington
Wansbeck
Northumberland
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 270 878
Denomination: United Reformed
- Description
- RECTANGULAR BRASS PLAQUE MOUNTED ONTO A WOODEN BACKBOARD. AT THE BASE OF THE BOARD IS A BOXED LEDGE WITH SLOTS TO THE FRONT IN WHICH POPPIES PLACED. INCISED INSCRIPTION IN ENAMELLED BLACK LETTERING SINGLE RED LINE BORDER ON THE PLAQUE
- Inscription
- ERECTED BY THE CONGREGATION/ IN SACRED MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES)/ UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bolton, Henry
Cadman, John
Cleough, George
Collins, Thomas
Cossar, Edward
Cowe, Henry
Duncan, Roy
Hogg, Robert
Johnston, P W
Kennedy, Thomas
See details for all 25 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 25
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 25
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- MORPETH HERALD by N/A 11-02-1921 Source: Media Library Published:N/A MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND
- WMSA17.11
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