Memorial Details
Memorial
Headstone Telford 1915 St. Giles's Churchyard
Reference
C35.02
Place
CHOLLERTON
Map ref
NY 931719
Present Location
St. Giles's Churchyard
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Cross of circled Celtic type with ornamentation. At the bottom of the shaft is the Northumberland Constabulary badge raised in half relief. The cross rests on a rough tapering pedestal, the front panel of which has been sunked and smoothed to take the dedication, which is incised in sans serif capitals.
Materials used
Stone
Inscription
Police Constable
Robert Telford
Aged 21 years
who was killed by a bomb during
a hostile air raid whilst perform
-ing his duty at Willington Quay
on the 15th June 1915
This memorial was erected by all
ranks of the Northumberland County
Constabulary 3rd August 1927
Names
See above
Who commissioned
Northumberland County Constabulary
Notes
Police Constable Telford is remembered in Chollerton on C35.01 and C35.02 and at Wallsend on W07.04, and at Ponteland on P12.01.
See his Every Name A Story entry.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Brian Chandler
Research acknowledgements
Brian Chandler; Dorothy Hall; John Grainger;
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Headstone Telford 1915 St. Giles's Churchyard (C35.02)
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Parish Notes
Every Name A Story
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