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
- 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.