Tyne and Wear HER(11194): Birtley Cemetery, Memorial to Belgian Soldiers (WW1) - Details
11194
Gateshead
Birtley Cemetery, Memorial to Belgian Soldiers (WW1)
Birtley
NZ25NE
Commemorative
Commemorative Monument
War Memorial
Modern
C20
Structure
Stone memorial 28 inches high with a low pyramidal top. There are 13 names on the sides. Inscription: "1914-1918 THE THIRTEEN BELGIAN SOLDIERS HONOURED HERE DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND LIE BURIED IN THE ELIZABETHVILLE ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY".
268
568
NZ268568
North East War Memorials Project Ref. B127.11 (www.newmp.org.uk); John Bygate, 2006, "Arms and the Heroes - the story of the Birtley Belgians", History of Education Project, Miners Hall, Redhill, Durham