Description

FALSTONE

1406/0/10005 War Memorial
08-FEB-06

II
War Memorial, 1921. Stone. Latin cross with wreath ornamentation carved in half relief on cross head. Placed on two-part plinth; upper part rusticated boulder bearing shield whose edges are raised in half relief and bears dedication
ERECTED /BY PUBLIC/ SUBSCRIPTION/IN/HONOURED/MEMORY/OF/
The names are recorded in single columns on the front and two sides of the lower tapering pedestal. The upper base stone also bears the inscription
THEY SACRIFICED ALL FOR GOD/KING AND COUNTRY./1914-18.
The rear face of the lower pedestal bears the inscription
SALUTE THE/GLORIOUS DEAD/WHO WENT/OUT AND/RETURNED NOT/1939-1945/(NAMES).
Sources: North East War Memorials Project Ref 33924

This unusual First World War memorial with Second World War additions is in the form of a Latin cross with ornamentation in half relief. It forms an attractive memorial to the fallen of both World Wars.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 9 February 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26670855

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