Memorial

Ludworth

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Current Location

corner of Margaret Street and Wheatley Hill to Haswell Road, Ludworth, Easington, Durham, DH6 1NG, England

OS Grid Reference

NZ 36369 41440

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 10280
Description: Cross, plain, ‘rustic’, on rough pedestal with two steps. The dedication is on a smoothed panel on the front of the pedestal, whilst those for 1939-45 are on the riser of the top step. The names are listed in two columns in each case. All lettering is in sans serif capitals. The whole monument was in a grassed area with low brick wall surround with stone copings, pillars and chain on the sides facing the road. The brick wall has been replaced with plain fencing decorated with roundels from which a cross has been cut out at centre.
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOUR OF THE BRAVE MEN/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918./[Names]/1939-1945/[Names]

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 20
Died: 20
Information shown: Surname, initials of forenames.
Order of names: Surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 5
Died: 5
Information shown: Surname, initials of forenames.
Order of names: Surname

History

Costs: £70
Maintenance History: 2005-Major refurbishment

Ceremonies

Unveiled

February 1927

Colonel J.R. Ritson,

Unveiled

September 1949

Major General C.F. Loewens

Dedicated

September 1949

Canon R.H. Tillard.

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Ludworth

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