South Hetton-Old Cross (LOST)


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Reference WMO/283931

Address:

Holy Trinity Church

Front Street

South Hetton

DH6 2UY

England

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Status: Destroyed
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Latin cross
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Stone Cross of Latin type about 3 feet high on a three-tier base on small gravelled area surrounded by a kerb. The dates 1914-18 are incised at the foot of the cross; the dates 1939-45 are incised on the rise below. The dedication is incised into the front of the two parts of the base using Roman capitals. Replaced in 2010 with a new larger cross- WMO/243383
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1914-1918/1939-1945/Field of/Remembrance/to our Glorious Dead./Lest we forget./Erected by South Hetton/British Legion.

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