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Allenheads War Memorial

 
 
Allenheads War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, August 20, 2018
1. Allenheads War Memorial
Inscription.
To the Glory of God
And in Proud and Loving Memory
Of the Men of This Parish, Who
Gave Their Lives in the Great War
1914 — 1918
William Frederick Pearson.
Gilbert Graham.
William Vickers.
George Sparke.
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a
man lay down his life for his friends”
1939 – E.R.W. Milburn – 1945

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 54° 48.18′ N, 2° 13.083′ W. Memorial is in Hexham, England, in Northumberland. It is at the intersection of England Route B6295 and an unnamed road to Rockhope, on the right when traveling north on England Route B6295. Located in the village of Allenheads in Hexham. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Hexham, England NE47 9HJ, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North East England. It is also in British Border Reivers Country. Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, in Europe, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in
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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 24 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Rookhope War Memorial (approx. 8.1 kilometers away); From Cathedral to Priory Church (approx. 20.1 kilometers away); The Heart of Hexham (approx. 20.2 kilometers away); Vindolanda Inscriptions (approx. 22.8 kilometers away); The Milestone (approx. 22.8 kilometers away); Chesterholm Museum (approx. 22.8 kilometers away); Roman Pottery Kiln (approx. 22.8 kilometers away); S.P.Q.R. (approx. 22.8 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hexham.
 
Allenheads War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, August 20, 2018
2. Allenheads War Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 16, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 201 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 16, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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