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Rookhope in County Durham, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)
 

Rookhope War Memorial

 
 
Rookhope War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, August 20, 2018
1. Rookhope War Memorial
Inscription.
“For Home and Country”
Erected to the Memory of the
Men from this Parish who
Served in the Great War
1914 – 1918.
Those Who Fell
Richard Bell Adamson. · Robert Hodgson Adamson. · John Christopher Baty. · John Edward Forster. · Fred Kirton. · Herbert Lowery. · Walter Dent Oliver. · Robert William Patterson. · John Edward Potts. · Robert William Robinson. · Thomas Sparke. · William Swinhoe.

Those who Returned
J.E. Adamson. · J.C. Adamson. · T.C. Adamson. · J.J. Adamson. · C.V. Baty. · G.W. Baty. · J.W. Bowman. · S. Brown. · J.D. Brown. · J.W. Brown. · E. Coulthard. · M. Coates. · E.J. Dixon. · J.E. Forster. · C.H. Forster. · C.F. Gardiner. · W.J. Gardiner. · R.E. Heward. · T.E. Heward. · R.J. Hogarth. · I. Hogarth. · W. Hogarth. · M.W. Kennedy. · C. Lowery. · C. Lowe. · H. Myers. · J.W. Murray. · J.P. Madison. · J.E. Madison. · A. Oliver. · H.V. Philipson. · T.B. Patterson. · A.H. Patterson. · J.R. Patterson. · R.B. Reed. · W. Reed. · R.W. Reed. · T.H. Robinson. · F.S. Stokoe. · Jr. Wall. · J.N. Ward. · W. Westgarth.

In Memory of the Men who
Served in the World War 1939 – 1945
Killed
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Died
Isaac Hogarth. · John J. Dawson.

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 54° 46.854′ N, 2° 5.876′ W. Memorial is in Rookhope, England, in County Durham. It is at the intersection of Front Street and unnamed road, 3 miles north of A689 in Eastgate, on the right when traveling north on Front Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Rookhope, England DL13 2BG, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North East England. Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, in Europe, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 23 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Allenheads War Memorial (approx. 8.1 kilometers away); Welcome to the Broomhaugh and Riding Mill History Trail (approx. 20.1 kilometers away); From Cathedral to Priory Church
Rookhope War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, August 20, 2018
2. Rookhope War Memorial
(approx. 21.2 kilometers away); The Heart of Hexham (approx. 21.2 kilometers away); Corbridge (approx. 22.1 kilometers away); St Andrew Corbridge World War I Memorial (approx. 22.1 kilometers away); Vicar’s Pele (approx. 22.1 kilometers away); The Old Market Cross (approx. 22.1 kilometers away).
 
Rookhope War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, August 20, 2018
3. Rookhope War Memorial
Rookhope War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, August 20, 2018
4. Rookhope War Memorial
Rookhope War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, August 20, 2018
5. Rookhope War Memorial
Rookhope War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, August 20, 2018
6. Rookhope War Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 14, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 325 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on November 14, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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