Memorial

Headstone Telford 1915 St. Giles’ Churchyard

Chollerton

Memorial Name: Headstone Telford 1915 St. Giles's Churchyard (C35.02)

NEWMP Ref No.: C35.02

Parish: Chollerton

Original Location:

St. Giles’s Churchyard

Which War:

1914-18

Materials Used:

Stone

Who Commissioned:

Northumberland County Constabulary

Inscription:

In memory of
Police Constable
Robert Telford
Aged 21 years
who was killed by a bomb during
a hostile air raid whilst perform
-ing his duty at Willington Quay
on the 15th June 1915
This memorial was erected by all
ranks of the Northumberland County
Constabulary 3rd August 1927

Memorial Description:

Cross of circled Celtic type with ornamentation.

The cross rests on a rough tapering pedestal, the front panel of which has been sunken and smoothed to take the dedication, which is incised in sans serif capitals.

At the bottom of the shaft is the Northumberland Constabulary badge raised in half relief.

Names:

See above

Notes:

See his Every Name A Story entry