Memorial

Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Roadside

Birtley Tynedale

Memorial Name: Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Roadside (B34.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: B34.01

Parish: Birtley Tynedale

Original Location:

Roadside by St. Giles’ Church.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. 1920
b. 1945

Materials Used:

White marble

How Money was Raised:

The roadside site was given by the Duke of Northumberland.
Public subscription.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Beattie & Co., Carlisle

Inscription:

a.
In
Honour of
the men
from this parish
who fell in the
Great War
1914-1918

b.
1939-1945

Memorial Description:

Cross, total height 8 feet 6 inches (2.5m ) erected on stepped pedestal 31 inches square(79cms).

The cross is carved with a rifle slung across the front and a wreath at the crossing.

The dedication is on a stone immediately below the cross, on a plaque carved to look like a scroll.

The names are in a single column on the main pedestal, those from 1914-18 on the front and one name from 1939-45 on the left hand side.

The names are in sans serif capitals.

Names:

a. 9 full names.
b. 1 full name.
See transcript

External Links:

Historic England Listing

Sources:

Photos: J. Brown; Tony Harding;
Old Postcard: George Nairn

A Recent History of Birtley Parish Mrs. R.S. Burn, Reprinted from Hexham Courant February & March 1957. Published by Northumberland Rural Community Council.

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

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Bellingham & North Tyne Local History Society;
Philip Thirkell;
Janet Brown;
S.M. Clark

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

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