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Latitude: 55.1657 / 55°9'56"N
Longitude: -1.9598 / 1°57'35"W
OS Eastings: 402656
OS Northings: 585711
OS Grid: NZ026857
Mapcode National: GBR G8RQ.H1
Mapcode Global: WHB1G.VFX7
Plus Code: 9C7W528R+73
Entry Name: Cambo War Memorial
Listing Date: 18 May 2016
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1434944
ID on this website: 101434944
Location: Holy Trinity Church, Cambo, Northumberland, NE61
County: Northumberland
Civil Parish: Wallington Demesne
Traditional County: Northumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland
Church of England Parish: Cambo Holy Trinity
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
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First World War memorial, 1920.
The memorial stands on high ground in the southern part of the churchyard of Holy Trinity church (Grade II). It comprises a c5m tall obelisk, square on plan, in grey granite. A wreath, carved in relief, hangs from the obelisk’s tip. The obelisk stands on the shallow cornice of the tapering plinth. The plinth stands on a three-stepped base.
The principal dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads TO/ THE UNDYING MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF CAMBO PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918. The 22 names of those men who died are listed on the remaining three faces. Three names include the year of death (two 1919, the third 1920) of men who died, presumably of the effects of wounds, after the 1918 Armistice.
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.
Cambo War Memorial was unveiled at a very well attended ceremony on 4 July 1920 by Sir George Trevelyan of Wallington Hall. The ecumenical service was led by the vicar, Reverend CA Fitch. The memorial cost c £167 and commemorates 22 local men who died during the First World War. It was damaged by a falling tree and has been repaired.
Cambo War Memorial, which stands in the churchyard of Holy Trinity church, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the First World War;
* Architectural interest: a tall and imposing obelisk in the Classical style;
* Degree of survival: unusually the memorial has not been adapted for Second World War commemoration, and thus retains its original design intent;
* Group value: with Holy Trinity church (Grade II) and other listed structures in the churchyard.
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