Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Tynedale
- Town
- Blanchland
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 33798
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Current location
St Mary's Abbey
B6306
Blanchland
Tynedale
Northumberland
DH8 9SP
England
OS Grid Ref: NY 96579 50402
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- St Cuthberts Cross (roughly Malterse Cross shaped) on tall slender tapering shaft and plain square plinth. The main inscription is down the front of the shaft. The quotation is on the front of the pedestal. Lettering is incised and filled with lead, using sans serif capitals.
- Inscription
- ERECTED/ IN/ MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF/ THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN/ THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 TO 1919/ (NAMES)/ "ALL THEY HAD, THEY GAVE"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brown, John
Forster, Tom M
Kennedy, William
Morpeth, George
Murray, William
Sanderson, Edgar
Vipond, Harry J
White, George
Wilson, William
See details for all 9 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Listing information
- WAR MEMORIAL OUTSIDE ST MARYS ABBEY
- 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
- BLANCHLAND
- WMO ID: 90577
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 15-05-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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