Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- Castle Morpeth
- Town
- Throckley
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- MESSRS EMLEY & SONS (Makers)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 27 August 1921
Attended by: Major W E Stephenson of Throckley House - Dedicated
Date: 27 August 1921
Attended by: Revd P Irvine - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 34199
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Current location
St Mary the Virgin Church
east of Hexham Road Roundabout
Throckley
Castle Morpeth
Northumberland
NE15 9AG
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 15833 66817
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Square-set column surmounted by demi-sphere and urn. Column stands on four-stepped base. Gilded names and inscription carved on sides of column.
- Inscription
- 1914 1919/ IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THROCKLEY/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME/ SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR./ THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US,/ LET US TRY TO BE WORTHY/ OF THE SACRIFICE/ (NAMES)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allan, Hugh
Allan, William
Armstrong, Walter
Atkinson, James
Atkinson, Thomas
Bain, John
Baty, Robert
Bell, Ernest W
Brown, Gordon W
Clark, Archibald
See details for all 56 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
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Column
Measurements: height C 2000MM
Materials: Granite - Pink
- Column
- Listing information
- Throckley 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
- THROCKLEY WW1 MEMORIAL
- WMO ID: 90197
- Condition: Good [last updated on 27-10-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=9016
- Illustrated Chronicle 29 August 1921
- Blaydon Courier 10 June 1920, 27 August 1921 and 3 September 1921
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