Memorial to Norwegian Sailors, Spitalford, Northumberland

Photograph taken 11 August 2000 © Mr Peter Oakley Clarke ARPS. Source Historic England Archive ref: 236943

This memorial is dedicated to Norwegian sailors who died during World War One. Part of its inscription reads 'IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED FROM EXPOSURE IN AN OPEN BOAT, WHILE ON PASSAGE FROM THE DEFENCELESS NORWEGIAN STEAMER "POLLUX" TORPEDOED BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE 40 MILES EAST OF ABERDEEN. THE BOAT REACHED SADDLE ROCKS DUNSTANBOROUGH, 22ND MARCH 1917'.

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Northumberland Spitalford

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World War One (1914 - 1919)

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The Maiwand Memorial was put up in 1886 in the form of a cast iron statue of an enraged lion. It is 3 times life size. The inscription reads "This monument records the names and commemorates the valour and devotion of xi (11)officers and cccxviii (318) non-commissioned officers and men of the lxvi (66th) Berkshire Regiment who gave their lives for their country at Girisk, Maiwand and Kandahar during the Afghan campaign 1879-80 Read official list description.

Memorial to Norwegian Sailors, Spitalford, Northumberland

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