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War
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The War Memorial for Newbrough (Northumberland)
Photo : Ken Saiger of the War
Memorials On Line website
The Newbrough War Memorial is an Aberdeen Granite Cross , on a freestone
base, of Celtic type. Affixed to the front of the main pedestal is a tapering
copper plaque with decorative arched pattern at top, inside which are the
dates "1914" and "1918", below which is the information.
Each name is in its own cartouche, the lettering and cartouche in raised Roman
capitals.
A second bronze plaque on the front of the upper step carries the information
from 1939-1945, with the names raised in half relief in Roman capitals, and
the dates carried on a central panel. On each plaque the names are carried
in two columns. The cross is set into a narrow brick built enclosure.
The memorial is located next to the Town Hall in Stanegate, Newbrough.
30 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War, and 10 in the Second World War.
1 soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on the memorial.
Private Thomas Ridley Peart. 29801. 2nd/6th Battalion
Royal Warwickshire Regiment, formerly 27284 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
24 October 1918.
Born Newborough (Northumberland), Enlisted Hexham (Northumberland), Resided
Fourstones (Northumberland).
Buried in CRUCIFIX CEMETERY, VENDEGIES-SUR-ECAILLON.
First
World War Commemorations on the Newbrough War Memorial
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Photo : Frances Jeens of the War
Memorials On Line website
The
War Memorial beside the Town Hall in Stanegate, Newbrough
Photo : Google Earth
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