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Grave marker Allgood 1914 St. Giles

Reference

B34.06

Place

BIRTLEY

Map ref

NY 878779

Original Location

St. Giles' Church, 2 miles east of Wark.
In ancient blocked-up doorway recess outside south wall.

Present Location

See Note 1 below.

Which war

1914-18

Memorial Description

Grave marker, having a rectangular piece of wood at the crossing. The rectangle has the sides curved inwards, and the corners are also cut off by an inward curve. The lettering is painted in white Roman capitals.

Materials used

Wood

Inscription

Sacred to the memory of
Captain
B. Allgood
1st Royal Irish Rifles
killed in action 7th Dec.
1914

Names

See above.

Present condition

Badly weathered. The white lettering has almost worn off.

Notes

1. This cross was the original temporary grave marker, used until the standard stone was erected, and thereafter brought here by his family.

2 See Every Name A Story

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: J. Brown

Research acknowledgements

Bellingham & North Tyne Local History Society; Janet Brown; Alan Grint; Tony Harding

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

Grave marker Allgood 1914 St. Giles (B34.06)

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