Memorial

Crucifix Hope Wallace 1917 Roadside

Featherstone

Memorial Name: Crucifix Hope Wallace 1917 Roadside (F12.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: F12.01

Parish: Featherstone

Original Location:

At side of Maiden Way, near Featherstone.

Which War:

1914-18

Materials Used:

Stone

Who Commissioned:

Mrs. Hope Wallace, wife of James.

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.

Memorial Description:

Crucifix,.

About 12 feet high (3.7m) , it has a gable top over a slender octagonal shaft.

This rests on an octagonal pedestal which sits on two octagonal steps.

The inscription is in a sunken panel on one side of the pedestal in Roman capitals.

Names:

See above

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 his Every Name a Story entry

External Links:

Historic England Listing

Sources:

Photos: Nick Short; Philip 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

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Nick Short;
Mrs. D. Lamb, Amble;
Philip Thirkell;
Tony Harding;
Janet Brown

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