Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cenotaph
- District
- North Tyneside
- Town
- Whitley Bay
- County
- Tyne And Wear
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 22nd July 0192
Attended by: DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND - Dedicated
Date: 22nd July 1922
Attended by: REV F L CATTELL - Foundation Stone
Date: October 1921
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Show More (2)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 17736
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Current location
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Whitley Bay
North Tyneside
Tyne And Wear
NE26 1BG
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 35401 72804
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Granite Cenotaph stands on a paved base. A low wall surrounds it with entrance ways on two sides with three steps. Around the whole are 19 stone posts which used to have a chain between them. bronze WW1 name plaques and silver alloy WW2 name plaques on the sides of the Cenotaph Bronze wreath and garland at the top of the Cenotaph
- Inscription
- COLUMNS: THE FOLLOWING HAVE MADE THE GREAT SACRIFICE AROUND FOUR SIDES: THEIR BODIES ARE / BURIED IN PEACE / BUT THEIR NAME / LIVETH FOR EVERMORE PLAQUES: (NAMES) FIRST WW2 PLAQUE: WW2 THE FOLLOWNG HAVE MADE THE GREAT SACRIFICE / (NAMES) TOP PLAQUE: THE TOTAL AMOUNT SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE MEN WAS £10,000 WITH / AN ADDITION OF £1,000 ESPECIALLY EARMARKED FOR THE PERMANENT MEMORY OF THE / FORMER SUM 90/- HAS BEEN PLACED FOR THE DEPENDENTS OF THE FALLEN DISABLED SERVICEMEN / (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, Charles J
Adlard, Kenneth Scott
Alexander, W D
Allen, James
Allen, Norman
Allison, C
Anderson, Frank
Anderson, Wm E
Andrews, Edwin James
Armstrong, A
See details for all 503 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 255
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 255
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
Order of information: surname,rank,regiment - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 258
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 258
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
Order of information: surname,rank,regiment
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Cenotaph
Measurements: height 30 FT
Materials: Granite
- Cenotaph
- Listing information
- WAR MEMORIAL AND DWARF WALLS, STEPS AND PIERS SURROUNDING
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- WHITLEY BAY
- WMO ID: 106211
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 05-06-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- C 1997: ALL BUT ONE OF THE WW2 PLAQUES WERE STOLEN AND REPLACED BY THE SILVER ALLOY ONES
- Costs
Site: £8,000
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- SHIELDS DAILY NEWS by N/A 07-07-1921 Source: Media Library Published:N/A NORTHUMBERLAND
- Carter Postcard Collection WMSW84.1
- NEWCASTLE DAILY JOURNAL by N/A 03/04/1920 09/08/1920 Source: Media Library Published:N/A NEWCASTLE
- ALNWICK AND COUNTY GAZETTE by N/A 12/03/1921 27/05/1922 08/07/1922 22/07/1922 Source: Media Library Published:N/A ALNWICK, NORTHUMBERLAND
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