Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- Gateshead
- Town
- Clara Vale
- County
- Tyne And Wear
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1920
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42095
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Current location
AT A ROAD JUNCTION ENTERING THE VILLAGE
Clara Vale
Gateshead
Tyne And Wear
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 130 640
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- STEPPED BASE AND A SHORT FOUR-SIDED COLUMN SURMOUNTED BY SCULPTURE OF AN URN DRAPED WITH CLOTH. WW1 INSCRIPTION ON THE FRONT FACE AND WW2 INSCRIPTION ON ONE SIDE FACE OF THE COLUMN. BETWEEN THE COLUMN AND THE URN IS A CORNICE AND A TRIANGULATED CAPSTONE.
- Inscription
- FRONT FACE: IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ THIS COLLIERY WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES) SIDE FACE: 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Burrows, Hy
Carr, E
Clark, W
Elliott, F
Fairbrother, T
Gillette, J
Gordon, W
Graham, C E
Harrison, J
Howie, W
See details for all 44 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 56
Served and returned: 0
Died: 56
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Column
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Sculpture
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Column
- Listing information
- Clara Vale War Memorial
- 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
- Clara Vale War Memorial
- WMO ID: 235353
- Condition: Good [last updated on 24-07-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- CDC96.01
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