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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cenotaph
- District
- North Tyneside
- Town
- North Shields
- County
- Tyne And Wear
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- MESSRS UNSWORTH AND TRIGGS (Architect)
MESSRS STEPHEN EASTEN (Builder) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 24th July 1920
Attended by: MAJ GEN R A MONTGOMERY CVO CB
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 17733
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Current location
West Park
Minton La
North Shields
North Tyneside
Tyne And Wear
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 342 676
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- LARGE THREE-STEPPED PAVED BASE SURMOUNTED BY SMALL TWO-STEPPED BASE AND CENOTAPH. INCISED INSCRIPTION ON TWO SIDES CARVED WREATH IN RELIEF AT THE TOP OF THE CENOTAPH
- Inscription
- Front: TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND THE HONOUR OF/ THEIR COUNTRY/ IN MEMORIAM/ (Names) Rear: ERECTED BY SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED, IN MEMORY OF THE EMPLOYEES FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Agar, W
Aitkin, T W
Algie, W
Annett, F
Atkinson, A
Badsley, B
Bennett, E T
Boyes, T
Boyle, P
Boylen, J
See details for all 142 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 141
Served and returned: 0
Died: 141
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cenotaph
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- Cenotaph
- Listing information
- Smith's Dock Company War Memorial in West Park
- 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
- SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY
- WMO ID: 173219
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 16-04-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 1999: GRAFFITI ON THE MEMORIAL; NAMES BECOMING OBLITERATED 1990s: MEMORIAL MOVED DUE TO RE-DEVELOPMENT AND NEW HOUSING BEING BUILT CLOSE BY.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
- Reference
- SHIELDS DAILY NEWS by N/A 25-JUL-192 Source: Media Library Published:N/A NORTHUMBERLAND
- WMSN34.4
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