Memorial

Rookhope

Rookhope War Memorial

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Current Location

Front Street near bridge over Bolt's Burn, Rookhope, Wear Valley, Durham, DL13 2BH, England

OS Grid Reference

NY 93798 42894

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 10412
Description: Granite Cross of wheeled type 7 feet high on three square stone bases, bottom one 6 feet x 5 feet, standing on a raised area with garden enclosed by railings with a gate. Total height approx. 14 feet. The cross has a sword superimposed in half relief. The dedication is in a panel at the base of the shaft. The names of those who fell in both wars are on the front of the monument, in an irregular shaped panel smoothed out of the rough stone. The names of those who returned from 1914-18 are on the three remaining sides. The details of the erection of the memorial are contained in another panel at the base of the memorial. Lettering is incised and leaded using sans serif capitals throughout.
Inscription: Front face - "FOR HOME AND COUNTRY." / ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE / MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO / SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918. / THOSE WHO FELL (Names)/[names] Front face lower plaque - IN MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO / SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945 / KILLED IN ACTION / [names] Each of 3 Side faces - THOSE WHO RETURNED / [names]

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 54
Served: 42
Died: 12
Information shown: surname, forenames (only in initials for the served & returned)
Order of names: surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 3
Died: 3
Information shown: surname, forename

History

Maker(s): Aves of Hexham, Makers

Ceremonies

Unveiled

December 1921

Colonel Gray of Stanhope

Dedicated

December 1921

Rev. H.G. Shaddick

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Rookhope

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