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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Castle Morpeth
- Town
- Widdrington
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 28 November 1920
Attended by: Colonel Taylor DSO of Dilston Hall, Corbridge - Dedicated
Date: 28 November 1920
Attended by: Bishop Ormsby. - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 72613
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Current location
Holy Trinity Churchyard
A1068,
Widdrington
Castle Morpeth
Northumberland
NE61 5ED
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 25469 95603
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rough hewn wheel cross set on a tapering shaft and tapering plinth. Tablets are inset to the sides of the plinth and the whole surmounts a base of stones.
- Inscription
- Foot of shaft:THEIR NAME/ LIVETH/ FOR/ EVERMORE. 12o'clock face of plinth: WIDDRINGTON MEMORIAL/ SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN FROM THIS DISTRICT/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Annett, Hugh C
Beaston, James
Bell, Matthew
Brown, George
Burge, Matthew
Calder, James
Dargue, Robert
Dodds, Andrew
Dodds, Joseph T
Grey, William
See details for all 33 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 33
Served and returned: 0
Died: 33
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname.
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Cross
- Listing information
- Widdrington 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
- Widdrington War Memorial
- WMO ID: 224279
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 24-09-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Morpeth Herald 17/1/1919 & 19/11/1920
- Illustrated Chronicle 1/12/1920 & 29/11/1921 (reporting a memorial service)
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