Saltburn War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details SALTBURN, MARSKE AND NEW MARSKE NZ6621SE GLENSIDE, Saltburn 802-1/11/41 (East side) War Memorial GV II* War memorial to dead of the Great War. 1919; unveiled 14 November 1920. Bronze signed west Reynolds-Stephens 1919. Granite and bronze. Arts and crafts style. Reddish polished granite cross, with wide stepped plinth on darker base, has bronze plaque set in arms and shaft. Horizontal composition of bronze shows figure of Christ in the tomb, drapery hanging down into the shaft of the cross, with remainder of space filled by outstretched wings of angels stooping over head and feet of figure. Signature at foot of bronze. Long inscriptions, with names of dead on front and sides of base, and on lower section `TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE FROM SALTBURN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR ENGLAND IN THE GREAT WAR/ WE HAVE NO GLORY GREAT ENOUGH FOR YOU'. Dates 1914 and 1918 in bronze laurel wreaths on narrow sides of base. (Wilson CS: The History of Saltburn: Saltburn by Sea: 1983-: 98-99). Listing NGR: NZ6651221112 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, 7 February 2017. Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 475464 Legacy System: LBS

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.