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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- South Tyneside
- Town
- South Shields
- County
- Tyne And Wear
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War - civilians
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 17837
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Current location
On an exterior wall.
Formally in the entrance of Regent Cinema
now changed to Mecca Bingo.
Mecca Bingo
South Shields
South Tyneside
Tyne And Wear
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 360 660
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- RECTANGULAR BRASS PLAQUE WITH MOULDED BORDER. INSCRIPTION IN RELIEF.
- Inscription
- ERECTED BY THE WARDENS OF AREA 'D' / TO THE MEMORY OF / MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL DEFENCE / WHO WERE KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION / NEAR THIS SPOT ON / 24TH MAY 1943. / (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 4
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,forename
Order of information: rank,forename
- Second World War - civilians
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- 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
- South Shields Area D Civil Defence
- WMO ID: 199137
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 18-03-2015]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- DATE UNKNOWN: TABLET WAS FORMERLY ON THE WALL OUTSIDE THE BUILDING BUT AFTER IT WAS STOLEN AND THEN RECOVERED IT WAS PLACED INSIDE
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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