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    Memorial

    Corsenside Parish

    Corsenside Parish

    Source: Copyright Derek Rootham

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    Current Location

    on the side of the A68 about 800 yards south of the village, West Woodburn, Tynedale, Northumberland, NE48 2RA, England

    OS Grid Reference

    NY89758 86034

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    Type of Memorial
    Obelisk
    WMR Reference Number
    34284
    Description
    Granite Obelisk on a sandstone base. The names from 1914-18 are on the front face of the base, and those from 1939-45 are on one side. The lettering is in sans serif capitals throughout, incised and painted black.
    Inscription
    THE WORLD WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ ERECTED BY/ THE PARISH OF CORSENSIDE/ TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF/ (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    16
    Died
    16
    Information shown
    surname, date of death, place of death,forename
    Order of names
    date of death
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    8
    Died
    8
    Information shown
    surname, date of death,place of death,forename
    Order of names
    date of death
    Maker(s)
    • MESSRS EMLEY & SONS, Makers

    Sponsor Type
    public

    Components

    Obelisk

    Height: C 3000MM


    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good


    Plinth

    Height: 900MM

    Width: 900MM


    Made from: Stone - Sandstone


    Condition: Good


    • http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=9265
    Redewetter No.6 Magazine of the Redesdale Society.
  • In Silent Fortitude: In Memory of the Men of the North Tyne Valley who Fell in the Great War; Alan Isaac Grint; 2011; Ergo Press; ISBN 9780955751097
  • Images of England – Bellingham, North Tynedale and Redesdale P.91 contains a photo of the unveiling.