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Title
Hexham War Memorial
Medium
white Portland stone
Measurements
H 213 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 243 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
NE46_SD_S007
Acquisition method
the Hospital Committee and Public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Custodian
Hexham Town Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
29th September 1921
Listing date
02/10/51
Access
at all times
Inscription description
incised in Roman letters, on centre face, middle step: HERE ARE INSCRIBED / NAMES WHICH BID US / BY SERVICE OUR / DEBT REPAY; on centre face, lower step: THIS CROSS AND S.WILFRID’S / WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL / ARE DEDICATED TO THE / GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE / MEN OF HEXHAM WHO LAID / DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WARS 1914–1918 / 1939–1945