Memorial

Cross 1914-18 Roadside

Keenley and Broadside

Memorial Name: Cross 1914-18 Roadside (K2.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: K2.01

Parish: Keenley and Broadside

Original Location:

Roadside.

Opposite Burn Tongues Farm, between Allendale and Whitfield.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled by Col. Clifton Brown, M.P. on Saturday May 28th 1921

Materials Used:

Local stone brought from two local quarries at Kiln Green by local farmers

How Money was Raised:

Site donated by Mr. Henderson Philipson.

All funds raised by public subscription, using sports days, socials, etc.

Present Condition: Maintained by 8 Trustees.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Beattie and Co., Carlisle.;
the palings were supplied by Messrs. Newman
and erected by Mr. Edward Milburn of Catton.

Ownership and Maintenance: Trustees.

Inscription:

To
the memory of the young men
of Keenley and Broadside
who served in the Great War
1914-1919, of whom the following
six made the supreme sacrifice.
(Names)
Greater love hath no man than this, that
a man lay down his life for his friends.

Memorial Description:

Obelisk surmounted by a cross, total height 13 feet (4m), on a square pedestal 30 inches (75cms) square, standing on three steps.

On the front of the main pedestal are the names of those who died, and on the sides are the names of those who served, all in sans serif capitals.

The quotation below the names of the fallen is in sans serif italic capitals.

On the front riser of the top step is a scabbarded sword carved in half relief.

The memorial is set in a garden planted with spring bulbs and flowering shrubs.

Names:

6 names, ranks and regiments of those who died
16 who served.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The Hexham Weekly News says that the cross is made of Aberdeen granite.

External Links:

Historic England Listing

Sources:

Photos: P. Thirkell; Tony Harding

Hexham Weekly News
03/06/1921 reports unveiling.

Yorkshire Post
30/05/1921 reports unveiling
(Available in the British Newspaper Archive)

Morpeth County Library
Postcard collection

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Charles W. Harrison, Allendale (Secretary to Memorial Trustees);
Mrs. Dorothy Handcock (Allendale Local History Society);
P. Thirkell;
J. Brown;
Tony Harding;
Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress:

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