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A Celtic cross with knot work and a key pattern on its shafts and knot work on the cross shaft. The local vicar, who lost his own son during the First World War, planted a tree to either side of the memorial – to the left is a weeping ash representing the tears of the bereaved and to the right is a maple which turns red in November to represent the blood of the fallen.

Title

Bothal War Memorial

Date

c.1922

Medium

sandstone & stone

Measurements

H 500 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H (?) x W 200 x D 200 cm

Accession number

NE61_SD_S007

Work type

War memorial

Custodian

Wansbeck District Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Listing date

28/11/05

Access

at all times

Inscription description

inscribed on front face, with names below: SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF THESE, WHO IN THE GREAT WAR, / GAVE THEIR LIVES, FOR US AT HOME / 1914–1919; on north face, with names below: TO THE MEMORY OF / THESE, WHO GAVE, THEIR LIVES IN / THE WORLD WAR / 1939–1945

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