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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- South Tyneside
- Town
- South Shields
- County
- Tyne And Wear
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 17838
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Current location
ST AIDANS CHURCH (REDUNDANT)
South Shields
South Tyneside
Tyne And Wear
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 360 660
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- PLAIN GLASS WINDOW WITH DEDICATORY RECTANGULAR TABLET SET WITHIN A NOWY-HEADED FRAME WITH SHELF AT THE BOTTOM.
- Inscription
- THE WEST WINDOWS ARE ERECTED / IN MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN DEFENCE OF THEIR COUNTRY, LIBERTY AND CIVILISATION / IN THE GREAT WAR (1914-1918) BY THEIR FRIENDS AND KINDRED IN ST AIDAN'S PARISH / (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbot, Thomas Ralph
Adamson, John T
Ainsley, William
Allan, Henry S
Allan, Wilton
Armstrong, James M
Askins, Joseph
Austin, Alfred
Banks, John Joseph
Barnes, Gilbert L
See details for all 116 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 116
Served and returned: 0
Died: 116
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Frame
- 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
- MERCHANT NAVY WINDOWS
- WMO ID: 170171
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 08-04-2014]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 1996: CHURCH WAS EMPTY AND UP FOR SALE. LOCATION OF TABLET IS UNKNOWN WW2: THE ORIGINAL STAINED GLASS WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT DURING BOMBING IN THE WAR. WHILST THE TRACERY LIGHTS AT THE TOP SURVIVED THE MAIN PARTS OF THE WINDOW WERE REPLACED WITH PLAIN GLASS
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- CDS86.46
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