Aberdeen City HER - NJ90NW1389 - CROSS OF SACRIFICE, TRINITY CEMETERY, ABERDEEN

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Primary ReferenceNJ90NW1389
NameCROSS OF SACRIFICE, TRINITY CEMETERY, ABERDEEN
NRHE Card No.NJ90NW2719
NRHE Numlink 339845
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 1
Details War memorial, a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) cross of sacrifice, commemorating losses in the First World War. It is a Portland stone crossw ith bronze longsword affixed to the front, blade down, the cross standing on a granite plinth. The cross was designed in 1918 by Sir Reginald Blomfield for the Imperial War Graves Commission (now the CWGC), and is present in Commonwealth war cemeteries containing 40 or more graves. It stands within Trinity Cemetery (NJ90NW1246).
Last Update06/01/2021
Updated Bycherbert
CompilerCP
Date of Compilation08/04/2019

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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
CROSSESMEMORIAL A100
MEMORIALSWAR B100
MEMORIALSWORLD WAR I C100