Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Roadside

Just off south side of main road through village.

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

a. Unveiled December 1921 by Brig. Gen. Surtees.
Dedicated by the Vicar of Eldon.

Granite.

a.
In grateful memory of the
men from this district who fell
in the Great War 1914-1918
“Their bodies are buried in peace
but their name liveth for ever”.

b.
And in the
Great War 1939-1945

Cross of Latin type on tapering pedestal standing on a step, total height 8 feet 6 inches  (2.6m).

The front of the pedestal has a polished plaque 19 inches high, tapering from 24 inches wide to 17 inches wide (48omm x 610mm x 439mm), which bears the dedication and names.

The lettering is in sans serif capitals, incised and leaded.

There is another polished plaque leaning against the base which bears the dedication for 1939-45.

The whole is set in a small area with gate and iron railings, with two small flower holders.

1. Corporal George Webb was killed on the 19th October 1917, and he was in the Royal Field Artillery, not the Yorkshire Regiment.

Information on men who served with the Yorkshire Regiment
Historic England Listing.

Photos: C. Sanders; Simon Raine; Dorothy Hall

Auckland and County Chronicle
08/12/1921

Source of quotation
“Their bodies are buried in peace . . .” Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
Bill Lowery;
Yorkshire Regiment Remembrance

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