Village Millennium Centre, war memorial
Village Millennium Centre, war memorial
HER Number
11274
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Village Millennium Centre, war memorial
Place
Kibblesworth
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
Class
Commemorative
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
Site Type: Specific
War Memorial
General Period
21ST CENTURY
Specific Period
21st Century 2001 to 2100
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
424200
Northing
556500
Grid Reference
NZ424200556500
Sources
North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) K23.02; "Kibblesworth Remembers", unveiling programme; Evening Chronicle 17th February 2007