Memorial
Cambois - Shrine (lost)
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Shrine
- WMR Reference Number
- 33832
- Description
- Shrine made from timber from the former Cadet training ship HMS Britannia.
- Inscription
- The actual inscription is unknown, but was reported to list 278 men from Cambois village who had served in the War, of whom 55 had died.
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 278
- Served
- 223
- Died
- 55
- Information shown
- names
- Order of names
- unknown
- Maker(s)
MESSRS HUGHES & BOLCKOW LTD, Builder
- Sponsor Type
- public
- Sponsored By
- Public subscription
- Maintenance History
- The memorial is believed to have been lost when the Institute was destroyed by fire on 6/7/1928.
Ceremonies
Unveiled
5th October 1919
Reverend Goode unveiled the memorial
Components
- Shrine
Made from: Wood
Condition: Unknown
- WMSC6.1
- Morpeth Herald 10/10/1919 (page 7) reported the unveiling at length.
- Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 7/7/1928 (page 14) reported that the Institute had been destroyed by fire the previous evening.