The Longhirst War Memorial is in the centre of the village and is a 20 feet high obelisk with tapering sides and bronze wreath on the front. It was designed by Messrs. Harrison, Ash and Blythe of Ashington and built by J H Robinson of Meldon.
The Memorial commemorate the fallen of the Great War and also one from the Second World War. The inscription reads:
In grateful memory
of the men of this
Parish who fell in
the Great War 1914-1919
1939-1945
It was unveiled on 31 Jul 1921 by Colonel E P A Riddell. Source: North East War Memorials Project
The cache is not on the Memorial, it is across the road. Once at GZ reach up high. I am sorry but wheelchair uses will need help to get this cache.
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