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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Durham
- Town
- Durham
- County
- Durham
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Kellet and Clayton (Architect)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: May 1922
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 41912
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Current location
IN THE GROUNDS TO THE SOUTH OF THE COLLEGE
BEDE COLLEGE
Durham
Durham
Durham
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 270 420
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Cross on a tapering shaft with decorative foliate carving to the shaft and cross. Mounted on a square plinth it stands on a walled platform which is accessed by steps. There are seats around the cross.
- Inscription
- IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF THESE SONS OF BEDE WHO, IN THE GREAT WAR WHERE SO MANY OF THEIR BROTHERS SERVED AND SUFFERED, GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY 8TH D. L. I. APRIL 25TH 1915/ (Names) (EXACT LINE SPACING UNKNOWN)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 83
Served and returned: 0
Died: 83
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 14FT
Materials: Stone - Limestone
- Cross
- 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
- Bede
- WMO ID: 219965
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 06-11-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- North East War Memorials Project CDD47.17
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