Memorial
Whitfield Parish
Current Location
in the corner of the graveyard fronting the road, Holy Trinity Church, A686, about 1 mile from the village, Whitfield, Tynedale, Northumberland, NE47 8HD, England
OS Grid Reference
NY 77923 56856
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Cross
- WMR Reference Number
- 34287
- Description
- TWO-STEPPED Freestone OCTAGONAL BASE SURMOUNTED BY SQUARE PEDESTAL WITH CHAMFERED EDGES, SHAFT AND WHEEL CROSS. WW1 INSCRIPTION ON THREE SIDES OF THE PEDESTAL AND WW2 INSCRIPTION IS CARVED ON ALL THE SIDES OF TOP STEP
- Inscription
- PEDESTAL, SIDE ONE: IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 PEDESTAL SIDES TWO AND THREE: (NAMES) TOP STEP: Giving thanks/to/Almighty God/for the/safe return of those from this parish who/served/their king and Country/in the /war 1939-1945
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 12
- Died
- 12
- Information shown
- rank,forename, surname, regiment
- Order of names
- regiment then surname
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker(s)
MR H L HICKS, Architect
Ceremonies
Unveiled
December 1920
LT GEN SIR PERCY S WILKINSON KCMG CB
Components
- Cross
Height: c3500mm
Width: 2100MM
Depth: 2100MM
Made from: Stone - Freestone
Condition: Good
- Newcastle Daily Journal 7/7/1920 reports "Comrades of the Whitfield and West Allen Post attended a parade service at Whitfield Church . . . a wreath was also placed on a tablet bearing the names of the men killed in action . .” BUT- There is no plaque in the Church.
- WMSW43.1
- Hexham Weekly News 3/12/1920 reports unveiling.
- 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