Memorial Details
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Memorial
Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Cemetery
Reference
F6.03
Place
FALSTONE
Map ref
NY 723871
Original Location
Cemetery, just inside the gates. The back is to the gate, so that the cross faces into the cemetery.
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
a. Unveiled 9th April 1921
Memorial Description
Cross, decorated, approx. 4m high on base 104 cm x 104 cm., with a wreath raised in half relief between the arms of the cross. Below is a rough pedestal on which is a shield with raised edges which bears the dedication. At the front of the bottom pedestal is a sword raised in half relief. The names are in a single column on the front and two sides. The names from 1939-45 are in a single column on the back. Lettering is incised using sans serif capitals throughout.
Materials used
Stone
Inscription
a. Erected / by public / subscription / in / honoured / memory / of / (names) They sacrificed all for God, / King, and Country. / 1914-1918
"Salute the / glorious dead / who went / out and / returned not".
b. 1939-1945
b. 1939-1945
Names
How money was raised
Public subscription
Notes
1. Old photos show that the names for 1939-45 were added below the inscription “Salute the glorious dead” which was part of the 1914-18 dedication.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: J. Brown; P. Thirkell; old postcard:Tony Harding collection
Hexham Courant 30/10/1920 reports application to erect a 12 feet cross in cemetery.
Illustrated Chronicle 13/04/1921 reports the unveiling “last Saturday”.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 16/04/1921 contains photo of cross unveiled last Saturday.
Hexham Courant 12/04/1996 feature 75 years ago mentions unveiling of memorial.
In Silent Fortitude: In Memory of the Men of the North Tyne Valley who Fell in the Great War; Alan Isaac Grint; 2011; Ergo Press; ISBN 9780955751097
Source of quotation
“Salute the glorious dead . . .” Ode Recited at the Harvard Commemoration on July 21st 1865 James Russell Lowell
Hexham Courant 30/10/1920 reports application to erect a 12 feet cross in cemetery.
Illustrated Chronicle 13/04/1921 reports the unveiling “last Saturday”.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 16/04/1921 contains photo of cross unveiled last Saturday.
Hexham Courant 12/04/1996 feature 75 years ago mentions unveiling of memorial.
In Silent Fortitude: In Memory of the Men of the North Tyne Valley who Fell in the Great War; Alan Isaac Grint; 2011; Ergo Press; ISBN 9780955751097
Source of quotation
“Salute the glorious dead . . .” Ode Recited at the Harvard Commemoration on July 21st 1865 James Russell Lowell
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
P. Thirkell; J. Brown; C.N. Dallison; Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
Alan Grint researched the WW1 names on this memorial in his book In Silent Fortitude: In Memory of the Men of the North Tyne Valley who Fell in the Great War; 2011; Ergo Press; ISBN 9780955751097: Contact:-Cogito books 01434 602555
Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Cemetery (F6.03)
FALSTONE, Cemetery.
On base of cross
Erected
by public
subscription
in
honoured
memory
of
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On front Rear
William Armstrong "Salute the
George Davidson glorious dead
Christopher Elliott who went
Thomas Forster out and
George Hymers returned not".
James Jobling
Roger Robson Potts 1939-1945
John James Rome Andrew Fletcher
David Steele Hector Inglis
James Wylie Alex Philip Weir
John Lambert Bird
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On step below On step below
They sacrificed all for God, Thomas George Grimwood
King, and Country. Edward Fiddler
1914-1918 James Telfer Cowan
Raymond Terry
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Side Side
Frank Armstrong Archibald Bell
John Darcy John Dodd
Walter Dodd James Ormston Elliott
Robert Newton Famelton Richard E. Harrison
John Hymers Christopher Inglis
David Jackson William Little
William Moscrop Matthew Robson
David Rolfe Walter E. Sisterson
Frank Steele Thomas Welsh
NamesF6.03
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Parish Notes
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