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Lowick War Memorial

A Grade II Listed Building in Lowick, Northumberland

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Latitude: 55.6502 / 55°39'0"N

Longitude: -1.9795 / 1°58'46"W

OS Eastings: 401388

OS Northings: 639627

OS Grid: NU013396

Mapcode National: GBR G3M3.7D

Mapcode Global: WH9Z4.K7LV

Plus Code: 9C7WM22C+36

Entry Name: Lowick War Memorial

Listing Date: 22 December 2005

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1392222

English Heritage Legacy ID: 493763

ID on this website: 101392222

Location: Lowick, Northumberland, TD15

County: Northumberland

Civil Parish: Lowick

Built-Up Area: Lowick

Traditional County: Northumberland

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland

Church of England Parish: Lowick and Kyloe St John the Baptist

Church of England Diocese: Newcastle

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Description


LOWICK

1201/0/10015 VILLAGE GREEN
22-DEC-05 Lowick War Memorial

II
First World War Memorial 1920 by Messrs Tully and Son, polished grey granite and sandstone. Square three-stepped stone pedestal surmounted by column of polished grey granite with crenellated top, surmounted by polished grey granite Latin cross. Column has a series of incised crosses with names of the fallen in spaces in between.
Inscription ON FRONT reads SACRED/TO THE MEMORY/OF/THOSE MEN WHO GAVE/THEIR LIVES FOR/KING AND COUNTRY/IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1919./AND ALSO/TO THE MEMORY/OF/THOSE WHO FELL IN/THE WORLD WAR/1939-1945/LEST WE FORGET/THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.
Inscriptions on OTHER FACES contain the names of the fallen of both World Wars.
Sources: North East war memorials Project ref 33489.

This well maintained and well executed War Memorial is striking and evinces strong local ties with the names of the fallen from two 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, 10 August 2017.

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