Memorial Details
Memorial
Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Roadside
Reference
B34.01
Place
BIRTLEY
Map ref
NY 878780
Original Location
Roadside by St. Giles' Church.
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
a. 1920
b. 1945
b. 1945
Memorial Description
Cross, total height 8 feet 6 inches (2.5 m ) erected on stepped pedestal 31 inches square. The cross is carved with a rifle slung across the front and a wreath at the crossing. The dedication is on a stone immediately below the cross, on a plaque carved to look like a scroll. The names are in a single column on the main pedestal, those from 1914-18 on the front and one name from 1939-45 on the left hand side. The names are in sans serif capitals.
Materials used
White marble
Inscription
a. In / Honour of / the men / from this parish / who fell in the / Great War / 1914-1918
b. 1939-1945
b. 1939-1945
Names
How money was raised
The roadside site was given by the Duke of Northumberland.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Beattie & Co., Carlisle
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: J. Brown; Tony Harding; Old Postcard: George Nairn
A Recent History of Birtley Parish Mrs. R.S. Burn, Reprinted from Hexham Courant February & March 1957. Published by Northumberland Rural Community Council.
In Silent Fortitude: In Memory of the Men of the North Tyne Valley who Fell in the Great War; Alan Isaac Grint; 2011; Ergo Press; ISBN 9780955751097
A Recent History of Birtley Parish Mrs. R.S. Burn, Reprinted from Hexham Courant February & March 1957. Published by Northumberland Rural Community Council.
In Silent Fortitude: In Memory of the Men of the North Tyne Valley who Fell in the Great War; Alan Isaac Grint; 2011; Ergo Press; ISBN 9780955751097
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Bellingham & North Tyne Local History Society; P. Thirkell; J. Brown; S.M. Clark
Research In Progress
Alan Grint researched the WW1 names on this memorial in his book In Silent Fortitude: In Memory of the Men of the North Tyne Valley who Fell in the Great War; 2011; Ergo Press; ISBN 9780955751097: Contact:-Cogito books 01434 602555
Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Roadside (B34.01)
BIRTLEY (North Tyne), Outside St. Giles' Church.
On front.
In
Honour of
the men
from this parish
who fell in the
Great War
1914-1918
Bertram Allgood
Thomas Brown
John A. Charlton
John T. Hutchinson
Alexander Hutton
Thomas Lauderdale
William Milburn
William E. Robson
John G. Southern
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On side.
1939-1945
John L. Smith
NamesB34.01
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Parish Notes
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