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War Memorials

The Ashington Memorial Garden was developed and financially supported by Ashington Town Council working with key partners the Ashington Branch of the Royal British Legion, the Western Front Association, local schools and historians.

The Ashington Memorial Garden provides an area for quiet reflection recognising the service given, and sacrifice made, in times of conflict by the Ashington community.

At the centrepiece of the Garden, designed by Hugh Massey Architects, is the War Memorial incorporating the 'Unknown Soldier' created by sculptor Tom Maley in 2001.  A new Memorial recognising conflicts after 1945 is also centrally located next to the War Memorial. 

A= First number in the year of the 'Aden Emergency'

B= Fourth number of the year George died from typhoid

C= Amount of times 'Hall' appears who lost their lives in the 'Great war', minus 2

D= The amount of Pringles plus Proudlocks who lost their lives in the 'Great war'.

E= The second number of the year when the memorial to honour 64 men in Ashington who served in the 'Boer war' was unveiled

F= The second number when Sergeant Hugh Cairns died, divided by 3

G= How many 'Taits' died in the 'Great war'

H= How many men were killed in action or died of disease in the 'Boer war'

I= How many 'Dunns' gave their lives for the country in World War II

J= How many 'Youngs' died in the 'Great war'

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Please take your time in this Garden while collecting the coordinates

Happy caching!

If anyone would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Just-Us-Two know first at justustwo1013@gmail.com so they can keep track of the memorial numbers and avoid any duplication.