Memorial Details
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Memorial
Wood Cross 1914-18 Roadside
Reference
A17.10
Place
ASHINGTON
Map ref
NZ 276875
Original Location
At junction of Acacia Terrace and Forest Avenue,
at one end of the former Priestman Institute.
at one end of the former Priestman Institute.
Present Location
Gone
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Cross, set in a small garden with iron railings.
Materials used
Wood, white.
Inscription
None
Names
Names were on the memorial.
Who commissioned
British Legion
Present condition
Demolished, presumably by British Legion. The Priestman Institute was demolished in 1981.
Notes
1. Mr. Pratt says that it was put on the site of a gentleman's urinal which had been demolished, a fact which disgusted his father. It is thought to have been intended only as a temporary measure as a place where wreaths could be laid on Armistice Day until the memorial proper could be built.
2. Mr. Holland says that it was placed on the site of a urinal which leaked.
2. Mr. Holland says that it was placed on the site of a urinal which leaked.
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Research acknowledgements
Mr. Pratt of Ashington; George Holland of Ashington.
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