Memorial Details
Memorial
Cross 1914-18 St. Mary's Abbey grounds
Reference
B40.01
Place
BLANCHLAND
Map ref
NY 967504
Original Location
Outside St. Mary's Abbey, on B6306.
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
St. Cuthbert's Cross on tall, slender tapering shaft set on a single base. The main inscription is down the front of the shaft. The quotation is on the front of the pedestal. Lettering is incised and filled with lead, using sans serif capitals.
Materials used
Stone
Inscription
Erected / in / memory / of / the men of / this parish / who gave / their lives in / the / Great War / 1914 to 1918.
"All they had, they gave."
Names
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: P. Thirkell, Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall; Ian Cooper; old postcard: George Nairn
Source of quotation
“All they had, they gave” All they had they gave
Second verse of Hymn “O Valiant hearts, who to your glory came” Songs of Praise No. 293. J.S. Arkwright (1872-1954)
Source of quotation
“All they had, they gave” All they had they gave
Second verse of Hymn “O Valiant hearts, who to your glory came” Songs of Praise No. 293. J.S. Arkwright (1872-1954)
External web link
Research acknowledgements
P. Thirkell; Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall; George Nairn; Ian Cooper
Research In Progress
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Cross 1914-18 St. Mary's Abbey grounds (B40.01)
BLANCHLAND, Outside St. Mary's Abbey.
Erected
in
memory
of
the men of
this parish
who gave
their lives in
the
Great War
1914 to 1918
John Brown
Tom M. Forster
William Kennedy
George Morpeth
William Murray
Edgar Sanderson
Harry J. Vipond
George White
William Wilson
"All they had, they gave."
NamesB40.01
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