Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
South Tyneside
Town
South Shields
County
Tyne And Wear
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
J H MORTON & SONS (Designer)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: November 1921
    Attended by: UNKNOWN
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
17840

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Current location

St Hildas Church
Market Place
South Shields
South Tyneside
Tyne And Wear
NE33 1BH
England

OS Grid Ref: NZ 36062 67055
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Three-stepped base surmounted bya plinth, tapering shaft and Cross of St Hilda. Dedicatory inscription incised on shaft and names incised on plinth. At the top of the shaft set into a niche is the figure of St Hilda holding a model of her church in one arm.
Inscription
COLUMN: TO THE GLORY OF GOD THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED / IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1921 IN GRATEFUL / REMEMBRANCE OF THE DECLARATION OF PEACE IN THE / GREAT EUROPEAN WAR AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO FOUGHT AND FELL FOR THEIR SOVEREIGN AND / EMPIRE BY SEA LAND AND AIR PLINTH SIDE 1: 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES) PLINTH, OTHER SIDES: (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Adam, Charles
Amos, Cecil
Armstrong, Forester Moore
Arnott, Benjamin
Astwick, Charles Robert
Balmain, Robert Dunn
Barker, John George
Blanchard, Thomas
Bower, Gordon
Brown, John Edwin
See details for all 83 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 83
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 83
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,forename
    Order of information: surname,forename,rank
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: height 22FT 6IN
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
  • War memorial outside St Hilda's Church
  • 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
  • Historic England
Condition
Costs

Memorial: C £1,000

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • WMSS86.20

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