
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Chester Le Street
- Town
- Sacriston
- County
- Durham
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Non-Specific Conflict
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 19 July 1981
Attended by: Undefined - Rededicated
Date: 8th October 2010
Attended by: Canon Caroline Black - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42054
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Current location
outside the Fulforth Centre
Front Street
Sacriston
Chester Le Street
Durham
DH7 6JT
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 23994 47133
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Community Hall
Front Street
Sacriston
Chester Le Street
Durham
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 240 470
Denomination: Undefined
- Community Hall
- Description
- White Italian Marble Latin Cross on 4 stage base
- Inscription
- IN/ MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SERVICE/ OF THEIR COUNTRY/ SO THAT WE SHALL LIVE/ THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD/ AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Non-Specific Conflict
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Non-Specific Conflict
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 952mm
Materials: Marble - Italian - Steps
Measurements: depth 901mm, height 154mm, width 901mm
Materials: Marble - Italian - Steps
Measurements: depth 685mm, height 204mm, width 685mm
Materials: Marble - Italian - Steps
Measurements: depth 533mm, height 196mm, width 533mm
Materials: Marble - Italian - Base
Measurements: depth 380mm, height 138mm, width 380mm
Materials: Marble - Italian
- Cross
- Listing information
- Sacriston 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
- Sacriston
- WMO ID: 262923
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 18-04-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Broken stones were replaced and the memorial made taller.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
Details: Royal British Legion - Reference
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=8520
- Northern Echo 14 May 2010
- The Journal 16 October 2010
- Chester-le-Street advertiser 16 October 2010 reports rededication
- Chester-Le-Street advertiser 20 February 2010, reports proposals
- Durham Chronicle 10 July 1981, reports unveiling
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