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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Derwentside
- Town
- Burnopfield
- County
- Durham
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- W AYTON & SONS (Mason)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 29th January1921
Attended by: Major Shiel DSO - Dedicated
Date: 29th January 1921
Attended by: Revd J Madill - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 41742
Current location
on a steeply sloping site
junction of New Road and Front Street
Burnopfield
Derwentside
Durham
NE16 6LU
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 17734 56861
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Granite memorial- obelisk on tapering pedestal on a 4 stage base, the whole within a raised kerb which may originally have had railings around. On top of the pedestal is a projecting decorated stone which bears a laurel wreath on each side. The dedication and names are incised and gilded in Roman capitals on all sides of the pedestal. The dates are raised in a sunken panel on the bottom step. The names for WW2 have been added to the risers of the bottom step.
- Inscription
- IN THANKFUL RECOGNITION OF/ THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR SERVICES/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR./ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR/ HIS FRIENDS/ ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF/ BURNOPFIELD AND DISTRICT/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allan, T
Anderson, W
Anderson, W
Armstrong, S
Atkinson, H
Baker, R
Baker, T
Beestone, G
Bell, E
Bell, G
See details for all 141 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 133
Served and returned: 0
Died: 133
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, regiment/service
Order of information: rank THEN surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 0
Died: 26
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Pedestal
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Obelisk
- Listing information
- Burnopfield 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
- Burnopfield War Memorial
- WMO ID: 231041
- Condition: Good [last updated on 16-10-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- DATE UNKNOWN: OBELISK HAS SUFFERED FROM GRAFITTI AND VANDALISM BUT IT HAS NOW BEEN CLEANED
- Costs
Site: £1,600 0S 0D
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- SHIELDS DAILY NEWS 3 FEB 1921
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6490
- ILLUSTRATED CHRONICLE, 31 JAN 1921
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