Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Trophy / Relic
- District
- North Tyneside
- Town
- Tynemouth
- County
- Tyne And Wear
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 21st June 1921
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 34482
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- Previous locations
- Sharpness Point
Tynemouth
North Tyneside
Tyne And Wear
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 350 690
Denomination: Undefined
- Sharpness Point
- Description
- TANK, RETURNED FROM FLANDERS, AND TWO CAPTURED FIELD GUNS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: Undefined
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gun
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Gun
- Condition
- History
- TANK CAME TO BE REGARDED AS AN EYESORE AND WAS REMOVED IN 1923
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- SHIELDS DAILY NEWS by N/A 21/6/1922 Source: Media Library Published:N/A NORTHUMBERLAND
- WMST36.13
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