Ovingham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 2016. Memorial.
Ovingham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tired-quoin-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 2016
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial stands in the south-east corner of the churchyard of the Church of St Mary (Grade I). It takes the form of a tall plain Latin cross in sandstone, rising from an octagonal pedestal. The pedestal stands on a three-stepped base.
The foot of the cross shaft is inscribed 1914/ 1918 whilst the commemorated First World War names are carved into the front three faces of the pedestal. At the foot of the centre-front face the dates 1939/ 1945 are recorded, with the Second World War names cut to either side.
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, 23 November 2017.
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