Newbrough War Memorial

First World War memorial, 1920 by Messrs Beattie & Co of Carlisle with Second World War additions.

MATERIALS: Aberdeen granite cross on local Prudham freestone base, with copper and bronze plaques.

This memorial is situated on the north side of the main road (the Roman road Stanegate) through the small village and immediately adjacent to the town hall. It is in the form of a Celtic cross set upon a tapering pedestal upon a two-stepped base. Affixed to the front of the main pedestal is a tapering copper plaque 90 cm by 60 cm with a decorative arched pattern at the top, inside which are the dates "1914" and "1918", and below which are the thirty names of the fallen. Each name is in its own cartouche, the lettering and cartouche in raised Roman capitals. A bronze plaque 15 cm by 92 cm on the front of the upper step carries the information from 1939-1945, with the ten names raised in half relief in Roman capitals, and the dates carried on a central panel. The memorial sits at the centre of a later, curving structure of walls, steps and seats.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 9 February 2017.