Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Korea High Street

High Street, on south side of the Town Hall

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
c. Korea 1950-53.

a. Unveiled by Sir Hugh Bell, Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire. on the 12th June 1920.  Meeting presided over by Mr E.R. Whitwell.

Red  Scotch stone (4.6m)

War Memorial Committee

a.
To
the memory of
our Glorious Dead
The Great War
1914-18
They are crowned
with the garland
of immortality
b.
And
World War
1939-45
c.
1950-1953
The war in Korea

Cross of Latin type with octagonal shaft and arms, total height 15 feet.

The names are inscribed on eight highly polished black granite tablets arranged around the base of the memorial.

Tubs of flower stand on steps at the base of the cross, and the whole ensemble is enclosed in a black metal fence.

Historic England states
In June 1962 the memorial was cleaned and slate panels were added over the original inscriptions, onto which the names of the First World War fallen were carved.

The names of the fallen of the Second World War were also added at this time, having previously been recorded on an oak tablet within the church.

These slate plaques were subsequently replaced in 1999 with polished black marble tablets and the names updated following research by the town council. They include the name of a fallen serviceman of the Korean War.

In 2014 a third step with railing was added to the base and the memorial was cleaned.

Historic England

Photos: James Pasby

Newcastle Daily Chronicle
14/06/1920 briefly reports unveiling.

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer
14/06/1920 reports unveiling
(available on The British Newspaper Archive)

The War Dead of Yarm compiled by Peter Monck

Source of quotation:
“They are crowned with the garland of immortality”: Tithonus by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Tony Harding;
Peter Monck

The Yarm 1914 Project is researching the names on this War Memorial
Contact: yarm1914@gmail.com