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Crucifix 1917 Hope Wallace Roadside

Reference

F12.01

Place

FEATHERSTONE

Map ref

NY 665613

Original Location

At side of Maiden Way, near Featherstone.

Which war

1914-18

Memorial Description

Crucifix, with gable top, about 12 feet high, on slender octagonal shaft resting on octagonal pedestal which rests on a two octagonal steps. The inscription is in a sunken panel on one side of the pedestal in Roman capitals.

Materials used

Stone

Inscription

Praise God for
James Hope Wallace
Lieut. 4th Northumberland
Fusiliers who fell in
action at Wancourt
near Arras on Sept.15th 1917
Jesu Mercy.

Thine eyes shall see the King
in His beauty, they shall behold
the Land that is very far off

Love is strong as death.

Names

See above

Who commissioned

Mrs. Hope Wallace, wife of James.

Notes

1. "I've heard it said - it was at this spot that Mrs. Hope Wallace said Goodbye to James and then he galloped off on his charger to war and to his death near Arras" (N. Short)

2. See Every Name a Story Entry

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: N. Short; P. Thirkell; Tony Harding

Source of quotation
�Thine eyes shall see the King . . .� Isaiah 33 v 17
"Love is strong as death" Song of Solomon 8 v 6

External web link

Historic England Listing

The CWGC entry for Lieutenant Hope Wallace

Research acknowledgements

N. Short; Mrs. D. Lamb, Amble; P. Thirkell; Tony Harding; Janet Brown

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Crucifix 1917 Hope Wallace Roadside (F12.01)

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