Birtley Cemetery, Memorial to Belgian Soldiers (WW1)

HER Number

11194

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Birtley Cemetery, Memorial to Belgian Soldiers (WW1)

Place

Birtley

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

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

Stone memorial 28 inches high with a low pyramidal top. There are 13 names on the sides. Inscription: "1914-1918 THE THIRTEEN BELGIAN SOLDIERS HONOURED HERE DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND LIE BURIED IN THE ELIZABETHVILLE ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY".

Easting

426800

Northing

556800

Grid Reference

NZ426800556800

Sources

North East War Memorials Project Ref. B127.11 (www.newmp.org.uk); John Bygate, 2006, "Arms and the Heroes - the story of the Birtley Belgians", History of Education Project, Miners Hall, Redhill, Durham