Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, Cross of Sacrifice

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}.