Kibblesworth, Village Millennium Centre, war memorial

HER Number:
11274

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Kibblesworth, Village Millennium Centre, war memorial

Place:
Kibblesworth

Map Sheet:
NZ25NW

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:
Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific:
War Memorial

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C21

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Unveiled in the grounds of the community centre on 13th August 2005. A stone cross with a poppy at its centre, on a plinth of rough hewn stone from Old Ravensworth Opencast Mine, 6 feet high. "WE SALUTE WITH PRIDE AND REMEMBER WITH LOVE AND GRATITUDE THE BRAVERY AND SACRIFICE OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF KIBBLESWORTH WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN WAR TIME AND DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM". There are 23 names listed. Commissioned by Friends of Kibblesworth War Memorial and designed by Scott & Sons of Seaham. It is based on a memorial on Sword Beach, Normandy.

Easting:
242

Northing:
565

Grid Reference:
NZ242565

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) K23.02; "Kibblesworth Remembers", unveiling programme; Evening Chronicle 17th February 2007