Memorial

Haydon Bridge

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Source: Copyright Stuart Nicholson

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Current Location

30 metres south west of St Cuthberts Church, Church Street, Haydon Bridge, Tynedale, Northumberland, NE47 6HD, England

NY 84264 64397

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Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 33989
Description: CAST FIGURE OF A SOLDIER ON A PLINTH. DEDICATION ON SUNKEN PANEL ON MAIN PLINTH. TWO PLAQUES AND ON FLANKING WALL WITH WW1 NAMES, WW2 NAMES ON FRONT OF PLINTH BELOW DEDICATION.
Inscription: IN PROUD AND/ LOVING MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THE/ PARISH OF HAYDON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES)/ ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 56
Died: 56
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment, initials of forenames, decorations
Order of names: surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 15
Died: 15
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment, initials of forenames, decorations
Order of names: surname

Maker(s): MR C E CHARLEWOOD, Architect
MESSRS R B AVES, Sculptor
Costs: £972
Sponsor Type: public
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: £475 for figure; £425 for surround including tablets and laying on of gas; Architect's fee £72