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Title
Choppington War Memorial
Medium
Doddington red sandstone & concrete
Measurements
H 250 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 233 x W 210 x D 210 cm
Accession number
NE62_SD_S001
Acquisition method
commissioned by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Custodian
Wansbeck District Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
2nd July 1921
Listing date
28/11/05
Access
at all times
Inscription description
the principal dedicatory inscription to the front face of the plinth: THEY LIVED AND DIED LIKE BRITONS / FOR KING AND COUNTRY / ERECTED / IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL / REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN / CONNECTED WITH / GUIDE POST, CHOPPINGTON / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / AND WHOSE NAMES ARE / INSCRIBED HEREON / 1914–1919 / 1939–1945; the commemorated names from both conflicts are inscribed to the faces of the plinth and its base.