A PRUDHOE war memorial is to be updated with the missing names of those who lost their lives in conflict.

The Lychgate War Memorial, at the entrance of St Mary Magdalene Church in Kepwell Bank Top, currently commemorates 91 men who died in the First World War.

Plans have been ongoing since 2013 to arrange for missing names from the First World War to be added to the memorial, as well as those from the Second World War and other conflicts.

As a result, additional panels are required and Coun. Andy Gill and Sarah Eden, of Prudhoe Town Council, have been working closely with local architectPeter Ashworth to finalise the project.

Members of Prudhoe and District History Society have been compiling a list of names, mostly from the records of Our Lady and St Cuthbert’s RC Church and online sources, with support from Iain Mutch and Mick Hardy of the Ryton and District War Memorial group.

Now a list of 197 names has been assembled and a faculty to carry out the work to add the panels has been granted by the Chancellor to the Faculty.

The work, which will cost £20,000 and is being funded out of Prudhoe Town Council’s budget, has now been put out to tender with a 12 month timescale to complete the project.

Peter Ashworth, who is designing the new panels, said: “I have been designing the new panels which have now been approved, so hopefully that will get the ball rolling.

“It would be nice to have it completed in time for the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War in November 2018; that’s the plan.”

The printed list below shows all of the names, and numbers where known, of those who are to be added to the memorial.

Family members of the fallen soldiers are invited to come forward to show their support, or highlight any issues with their relatives being mentioned, by getting in touch with Prudhoe Town Council.