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Title
Seaton Delaval War Memorial
Date
1922
Medium
Creetown granite
Measurements
H 650 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
NE25_SD_S003
Acquisition method
funded by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Seaton Valley Council
Custodian
Seaton Valley Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
2nd September 1922 & 10th October 1999
Listing date
02/12/16
Access
at all times
Inscription description
plinth, front: FOR MOTHERLAND / 1914–1918 / THESE MEN OF OURS, AT THE / CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY / LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO / THEM, ENDURED HARDNESS / FACED DANGER, AND FINALLY / PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF / MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF-SACRIFICE; GIV- / ING UP THEIR OWN LIVES / THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN / FREEDOM. / LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER / SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES / ARE NOT FORGOTTEN; tread of uppermost step: TO THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / 1939–1945