Memorial Details
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Memorial
Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Cemetery
Reference
E27.01
Place
EMBLETON
Map ref
NU 232216
Original Location
Spitalford Cemetery (approx. half a mile south of the village), near the entrance gates.
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
a. Unveiled 24th July 1921 by Rt. Hon. Viscount Grey.
b. Unveiled 25th September 1949 by Capt. J.S. Salter, DSO, RN (husband of Viscount Grey's niece)
b. Unveiled 25th September 1949 by Capt. J.S. Salter, DSO, RN (husband of Viscount Grey's niece)
Memorial Description
Cross. This memorial takes the form of an octagonal shaft with the cross imposed upon the East and West sides and stands upon an octagonal pedestal and plinth. The height is 18 feet. At the foot of the shaft on the East and West sides are two sunken arched decorated panels, one containing the dedication, the other containing the words Lest We Forget.
On the base are inscribed the names of the fallen from the following villages Embleton, Christon Bank, Falloden, Craster, Dunstan, Brunton, Stamford and Newton-by-the-Sea. The lettering and ornament are in Tudor style.
On the base are inscribed the names of the fallen from the following villages Embleton, Christon Bank, Falloden, Craster, Dunstan, Brunton, Stamford and Newton-by-the-Sea. The lettering and ornament are in Tudor style.
Materials used
Freestone from Greenlaw Quarry, Whittingham, owned by J.G. Green & Sons, Warkworth.
Inscription
To the / Glory of God / and in grateful / and lasting / remembrance of / the men of the / Ecclesiastical / Parish . Embleton, / who fell in / the Wars of / 1914-1919 / 1939-1945 / Erected by / the parishioners.
"Lest we Forget."
"Lest we Forget."
Names
Who commissioned
War Memorial Committee
How money was raised
Public subscription.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Made by J.G. Green & Sons, Warkworth, owners of the quarry from which the stone was taken. The carving was done by J.P. Whittle & Sons, Amble. Designer - Messrs. Knowles, Oliver and Leeson, Newcastle.
Notes
1. After 1939-45, the cross was renovated by C.S. Ormerod Ltd., Memorial Artists and Craftsmen, Irton Street, Gosforth.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: P. Thirkell; Dorothy Hall; old b/w postcard; Tony Harding
Alnwick & County Gazette 14/02/1920 reports proposals for monument; 18/06/1921 reports proposed unveiling;20/07/1921 reports fully on the unveiling, together with a photograph from the "Illustrated Chronicle".
Newcastle Daily Journal 10/02/1920 reports proposal to erect the memorial.
Northern Echo 25/07/1921 shows unveiling with photo.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 30/07/1921 reports unveiling.
Illustrated Chronicle 15/06/1921 to be unveiled soon
Commemoration booklet
Tyne-Wear Archives Order of Service for Dedication (1781/31)
Morpeth County Library Postcard collection
Source of quotation:
“Lest we forget” Recessional Rudyard Kipling
Alnwick & County Gazette 14/02/1920 reports proposals for monument; 18/06/1921 reports proposed unveiling;20/07/1921 reports fully on the unveiling, together with a photograph from the "Illustrated Chronicle".
Newcastle Daily Journal 10/02/1920 reports proposal to erect the memorial.
Northern Echo 25/07/1921 shows unveiling with photo.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 30/07/1921 reports unveiling.
Illustrated Chronicle 15/06/1921 to be unveiled soon
Commemoration booklet
Tyne-Wear Archives Order of Service for Dedication (1781/31)
Morpeth County Library Postcard collection
Source of quotation:
“Lest we forget” Recessional Rudyard Kipling
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
P. Thirkell; Embleton Local History Society; J. Brown; Michael Newrick; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Cemetery (E27.01)
EMBLETON Cemetery
Although not indicated on the monument itself, the names from 1939-45 are marked with *.
The letter “u” is carved as a “v”.
East Face South East Face
To the
Glory of God
and in grateful
and lasting
remembrance of
the men of the
Ecclesiastical
Parish . Embleton
who fell in
the Wars of
1914-1919
1939-1945
Erected by
the parishioners.
Embleton Dunstan
Alfred Barrs Jesse R. Budgen
John McDougal John Hanvey
Peter McDougal Robert W. Nairn
William J.M. Humble Alexander Anderson*
Robert W. McLaren Stephen Sinclair*
Herbert Luke
John Luke
Ralph Robinson
James P. Roxby
George E. Wade
William Emery *
Herbert Wake *
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North face North East Face
Stamford Brunton
Thomas W. Atkinson C. Nicholas F. Browne
Edward Fenwick George W. Simpson
Adam Hindmarsh Thomas Straffen
George Middlemass
David Woodcock
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West Face North West Face
Lest
We
Forget
Craster Christon Bank
John Archbold David W. Cowe
William J. Bradwell Arthur J. Douglas
Daniel E. Carss
William Carss
Arthur Denmead
Llewellyn Denmead
Harold J. Ferns
Alexander Mason
Edward W. Simpson
John W. Smailes
Luke Smailes
Robert Smailes
Robert Woodcock
George Robert Archbold*
Charles Caisley*
Frank Watson*
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South Face South West Face
Falloden Newton by the Sea
David Welsh John W. Carss
William Hope
George Wright
William Wright
Leslie Thompson*
James Wilson*
Hugh Wright*
Graham Blair*
NamesE27.01
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