Memorial

Bamburgh

Memorial Cross - Near View

Source: Copyright Penny Woollard

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Current Location

In a carved niche below the castle., Bamburgh Castle, B1340, Bamburgh, Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland, NE69 7DF, England

NU 18355 35089

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 33308
Description: Portland stone square base surmounted by plinth, pedestal, tapering shaft and crucifix. The dedication is written on the front face of the plinth, with names incised on bronze plaques set into the rock behind the cross. The cross itself is set within a carved niche in the rock. A wreath is carved at the base of the cross.
Inscription: Plinth: TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF BAMBURGH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WARS/ 1914 - 1919 AND 1939 - 1945/ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE Two plaques: 1914 - 1919/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ (Names) Plaque: 1939 - 1945/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ (Names)

Maker(s): MR G W MILBURN of York, Sculptor
Mr. Hicks, of Hicks and Charlwood, Architects, Newcastle upon Tyne., Designer
Costs: £429/10/2
Sponsor Type: public
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: Cost : £500 approx. £320 for the Crucifix, £60.60 for bronze plates.
Maintenance History: 2019 - new cross and Figure of Christ made costing £47,500 partly funded by War Memorials Trust and Bamburgh Castle Estates; 2009 War Memorials Trust grant of £4,305 towards the £9,070 cost of cleaning the memorial, consolidation of friable surfaces, repointing& mortar repairs, also replacing the bottom of the shaft of the cross where the dedication had become illegible and cleaning/repatinating the Bronze Plaques; 2016 WMT grant of £2,250 to provide a comprehensive condition report and specification