Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, Cross of Sacrifice

HER Number:
12004

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, Cross of Sacrifice

Place:
Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:
Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific:
War Memorial

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Cross of Sacrifice, Blomfield type. Cross on octagonal base with bronze crusader's sword on the front. The cross is surrounded by Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstones. "TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF FOUR HUNDRED SAILORS AND SOLDIERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY OF WHOM LIE IN THIS CEMETERY, SEVENTY FIVE IN SUNDERLAND CEMETERY AND NINETY FIVE IN MERE KNOLL CEMETERY, ALL IN THE BOROUGH OF SUNDERLAND. THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" {www.newmp.org.uk}.

Easting:
3742

Northing:
5631

Grid Reference:
NZ37425631

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk S140.001