Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Battlefield cross or marker
- District
- Tynedale
- Town
- Hexham
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 77953
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- Description
- A Wooden Board with incised description- an unusually shaped original battlefield grave marker
- Inscription
- ERECTED BY OFFICERS/NCO'S & MEN OF/DRAKE BTN./63RD R.N. DIV./IN/LOVING/& DEVOTED/MEMORY/OF/THEIR COMMANDER/W STERNDALE BENNETT DSO/WHO DIED NOV 7 1917/FROM/WOUNDS/RECEIVED/IN ACTION/AGED 24 YEARS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bennett, W Sterndale
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, manner of death, date of death, age
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Battlefield Cross or Marker
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Battlefield Cross or Marker
- 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
- Commander Walter Sterndale Bennett (R.N. Division)
- WMO ID: 260250
- Condition: Good [last updated on 16-10-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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