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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- Wansbeck
- Town
- Cambois
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Rededicated
Date: 1947
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Rededicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 33836
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Current location
St Andrew's Church
Unity Terrace
Cambois
Wansbeck
Northumberland
NE24 1QX
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 30592 83691
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- THREE-STEPPED BASE SURMOUNTED BY SQUARE PEDESTAL AND COLUMN WITH SQUARE TOP. INSCRIPTION ON THE SIDES OF THE PEDESTAL LATIN CROSS IN RELIEF AT THE TOP OF THE COLUMN
- Inscription
- 6 O'CLOCK FACE: TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ "GREATER LOVE/ HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS." OTHER FACES: (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Agnew, J
Allen, E
Barron, D
Batey, W S
Beattie, C
Bell, J
Blyth, D
Bound, H L
Christie, E
Cooper, J
See details for all 61 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 22
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 22
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 61
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 61
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Column
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Column
- Listing information
- Cambois 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
- CAMBOIS COLUMN
- WMO ID: 90543
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 17-04-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- FROM EARLIER PHOTOGRAPHS, IT APPEARS THAT THE COLUMN ON THE TOP IS MISSING. 1995 restoed. 2005 Grade II listed
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- WMSC6.2
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