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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Composite
- District
- North Tyneside
- Town
- Whitley Bay
- County
- Tyne And Wear
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Mr Harry Kaye (Architect)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 15 December 1920
Attended by: PROF MARK WRIGHT - Rededicated
Date: 7 July 2004
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Dedicated
Date: 15 December 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (2)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 17787
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Current location
Marine Park First School
Park Rd
Whitley Bay
North Tyneside
Tyne And Wear
NE26 1LT
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 353 726
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- In the school hall
Park School
Marine Av
Whitley Bay
North Tyneside
Tyne And Wear
NE26
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 350 720
Denomination: Undefined
- In the school hall
- Description
- Two brass plaques mounted on oak panelling with triangular pediment. Shield set in tympanum of pediment with motto of Northumberland Fusiliers carved into frieze. Centre panel bears dedicatory inscription around a reproduction of Kate Coughtrie's "Remembrance" image. Depiction flanked by carved columns. Brass plaques with incised names mounted on panels to left and right. Wall-mounted bench attached to lower panels, which reach the floor.
- Inscription
- Plaques: ROLL OF HONOUR/ (Names) Pediment: 1914 1919 /QUO PATA VOCANT (Exact position of inscription unknown.) Centre panel: To the memory of the brave sons of the Empire who fell on the battlefields of Europe/ They have fought the good fight, dying in the cause of humanity, that honour might live/ Remembrance (Exact spacing unknown.)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bell, Charles
Bell, Frank
Bennison, Randall
Birkett, Roy
Brooks, Authur H
Chappy, Athol Isdale
Charlton, Robert
Christopher, Richard
Cowan, Harry W
Crawford, John Russell
See details for all 56 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 56
Served and returned: 0
Died: 56
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Panelling
Measurements: height c7.5ft, width c9.5ft
Materials: Wood - Oak - Painting
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown - Seat
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Plaque
Measurements: height 2ft, width 1ft
Materials: Undefined
- Panelling
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- History
- c2004: Original school building demolished. Plaques relocated to newly constructed school building. Unknown: Plaques removed and surrounding components lost.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Association of Northumberland Local History Societies WMSW84.6
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