Memorial

Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle Memorial

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Current Location

Situated in the grounds of the museum, Bowes Museum, end of Newgate, Barnard Castle, Teesdale, Durham, DL12 8NP, England

OS Grid Reference

NZ 05605 16180

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 10341
Description: Obelisk, total height 21 feet, slim, on tapering pedestal resting on stone base with five steps. The names for 1914-18 are of lead in two columns on all four faces of the stone pedestal, each below a wreath raised in half relief. Resting against the steps is a stone plaque bearing the dedication and names in three columns for 1939-45. Lettering is incised and gilded.
Inscription: Pro Patria / 1914-1919 / In grateful remembrance of the men of / Barnard Castle / of all ranks who fell in the Great War / For God and King and Right / they gave their all/[names] In memory of those who fell / in the Second World War / 1939-1945/[names]/They died that we might live.

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 125
Died: 125
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of names: surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 52
Died: 52
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of names: surname

History

Maker(s): C. Parkin & Son of Crosby Ravensworth, Penrith, Makers
Costs: £400
Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: 2010: Restored with a grant from The War Memorials Trust.

Ceremonies

Unveiled

13 Oct 1923

Rev. H.W. Bircham, M.A., Vicar of Barnard Castle.

Dedicated

13 Oct 1923

Rev. H.W. Bircham, M.A., Vicar of Barnard Castle.

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Barnard Castle

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

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Barnard Castle

Current Location

OS Grid Reference

Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

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