Memorial Details
Memorial
Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Crossroads
Reference
C8.02
Place
CARHAM
Map ref
NT 864375
Original Location
On corner where three roads meet at East Learmouth.
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
a. Unveiled 19th September 1920 by Earl Grey.
Memorial Description
Cross of Latin style, slightly tapered, approx. 13 feet high, with a bronze wreath at the crosspiece. The shaft stands on a sloping pedestal about 1 foot high, which rests on a large base approx. 3 feet 6 inches wide at the top and 4 feet wide at the bottom. This rests on two red stone steps, approx. 6 inches deep and 6 feet wide, and 9 inches deep and 8 feet wide. The whole is raised up on a triangular base, with 6 granite steps leading up to it, and a retaining wall. All lettering is incised in sans serif capitals throughout. The dedication is on the front face, the names from 1914-18 are on the right and left faces of the pedestal. The names from 1939-1945 are on the right hand face of the sloping stone below the shaft of the cross.
Materials used
Rough unpolished grey granite on red stone.
Inscription
a. Carham Parish / in memory of those / who fell / in the Great War / 1914-18
"Let it be told at Sparta that we remain at our posts"
b. 1939-1945
"Let it be told at Sparta that we remain at our posts"
b. 1939-1945
Names
How money was raised
Public subscription. Site donated.
Present condition
Excellent
Ownership and maintenance
Carham Parish Council.
Notes
1. Earl Grey "considered the plain form (of the monument) denoted the Border character"
2. In 2016 a wreath was laid on behalf of Ada M Scott.
2. In 2016 a wreath was laid on behalf of Ada M Scott.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: J. Brown, P. Thirkell; old postcard: Tony Harding
Alnwick & County Gazette 02/10/1920 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily News 27/08/1920 reports erection of the memorial; 20/09/1920 reports unveiling.
Source of quotation:
“Let it be told at Sparta . . .” Simonides' (556-468 B.C.) quotation attributed to him in Herodotus' Histories Book VII Ch.228 is actually “Go tell the Spartans, thou who passest by, That here, obedient to their laws we lie”.
Alnwick & County Gazette 02/10/1920 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily News 27/08/1920 reports erection of the memorial; 20/09/1920 reports unveiling.
Source of quotation:
“Let it be told at Sparta . . .” Simonides' (556-468 B.C.) quotation attributed to him in Herodotus' Histories Book VII Ch.228 is actually “Go tell the Spartans, thou who passest by, That here, obedient to their laws we lie”.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Janet Brown; Berwick upon Tweed Town Council; P. Thirkell; Michael Newrick; English Heritage
Research In Progress
Coldstream and District Local History Society are researching the names on this memorial. Contact:
info@coldstreamhistorysociety.co.uk
Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Crossroads (C8.02)
CARHAM, East Learmouth crossroads.
Front face of plinth
Carham Parish
In memory of those
who fell
in the Great War
1914-1918
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Left hand face
William Piercy Black, K.O.Y.L.I.
John Hardie, Northd. Fusiliers
Andrew Hutchinson, K.O.S.B.
Thomas Hutchinson, R.E.
Peter Veitch Johnson, East Yorks.
Alexander Middlemiss, Northd. Fus.
William James Morton, West Yorks.
William Ewart Nelson, M.G. Corps
Gilbert John Piercy, K.O.S.B.
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Right hand face
James Porteous, Northd. Fusiliers
Wm. Drysdale Pringle, N.F.
Adam Scott, Field Coy., R.E.
Samuel Stonehouse, Northants. Reg.
George Turnbull, Roy. Scots Fus.
Jas. George Tweedie. Northd. Fusiliers
Jas. Lillie Voy, K.O.Y.L.I.
James Winter, Northd. Fusiliers.
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On riser of top front platform
Let it be told at Sparta that we remain at our posts
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On sloping shoulder below cross
1939-1945
Robert Renton, S.H.
John Younger, A. & S.H.
NamesC8.02
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