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

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

20th Century 1901 to 2000

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

430860

Northing

563840

Grid Reference

NZ430860563840

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