Hebburn, Victoria Road West, Cemetery, Cross of Sacrifice

HER Number:
10963

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Hebburn, Victoria Road West, Cemetery, Cross of Sacrifice

Place:
Hebburn

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:
Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific:
War Memorial

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
First World War Memorial Cross of Sacrifice of Blomfield design with a bronze sword. On a double octagonal plinth and base with 2 steps. "TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF SAILORS AND SOLDIERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 WHO LIE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY. THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" {www.newmp.org.uk}. LOCAL LIST

Easting:
3086

Northing:
6384

Grid Reference:
NZ30866384

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 65; North East War Memorial Project (www.newmp.org.uk) H93.09; SOUTH TYNESIDE LOCAL LIST REVIEW 2011: REFERENCE NUMBER: LSHA/106/J