Memorial Details
Memorial
Cross 1914-18 St. Mary's Churchyard
Reference
B169.01
Place
BRIGNALL
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 27th February 1921 by Capt. J.J. Bell-Irving; dedicated by Rev. Canon Gough, Rural dean and Rector of Barningham.
Memorial Description
Cross of Celtic type, rough hewn. A crusader's sword is raised in carving down the front.. At the bottom of the cross a space has been created in which the words "Brignall War Memorial" appear in lead lettering. The dedication is on the front of the pedestal, with the names in a single column below. All lettering is in sans serif capitals.
Materials used
Stone
Inscription
Brignall / War /Memorial
Erected to The Memory of Those Who / At The Call of The King And Country / Left All That Was Dear to Them / Endured Hardness, Faced Danger / And Finally Passed Out of The Sight of / Men By The Path Of Duty And Self Sacrifice / Giving Up Their Own Lives That Others / Might Live In Freedom 1914-1918
Names
Notes
1. This parish was in North Yorkshire until boundary changes in 1974.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Dorothy Hall
Darlington and Stockton Times 05/03/1921 reports unveiling.
Teesdale Mercury 02/03/1921 reports unveiling.
Durham Record Office: EP/Bri 4/2 : Faculty for placing a stone cross in the churchyard, and a tablet in the church, to the memory of fallen soldiers, 13 December 1920; Ref: EP/Bri 14/10/1: Parish history of St. Mary's Church, Brignall by the Rector of Rokeby, the Reverend W. Oliver, 1943
Source of quotation: Quoted from a certificate sent to bereaved families under the cypher of King George V.
Darlington and Stockton Times 05/03/1921 reports unveiling.
Teesdale Mercury 02/03/1921 reports unveiling.
Durham Record Office: EP/Bri 4/2 : Faculty for placing a stone cross in the churchyard, and a tablet in the church, to the memory of fallen soldiers, 13 December 1920; Ref: EP/Bri 14/10/1: Parish history of St. Mary's Church, Brignall by the Rector of Rokeby, the Reverend W. Oliver, 1943
Source of quotation: Quoted from a certificate sent to bereaved families under the cypher of King George V.
Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall
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Cross 1914-18 St. Mary's Churchyard (B169.01)
On shaft of cross:
Brignall
War
Memorial
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On pedestal:
Erected to the memory of those who,
at the call of the king and country
left all that was dear to them,
endured hardness, faced danger
and finally passed out of the sight of
men by the path of duty and self sacrifice,
giving up their own lives that others
might live in freedom - 1914-1918
G.E.S. Sewart
J.T. Bainbridge
F. Errington
I. Kirk
C. Ward
NamesB169.01
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