Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Photograph
- District
- North Tyneside
- Town
- Wallsend
- County
- Tyne And Wear
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 04th December 1915
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 34552
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Current location
WALKER AND WALLSEND GAS COMPANY
Neptune Rd
Wallsend
North Tyneside
Tyne And Wear
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 290 660
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- ENLARGED PHOTO OF THE FALLEN.
- Inscription
- COMPANY SEGEANT MAJOR JAMES ALLAN, KILLED IN ACTION NEAR YPRES, MAY 23RD 1915,/ SECRETARY OF WALKER AND WALLSEND UNION RIFLE CLUB FROM ITS INCEPTION IN 190(?) TILL THE DATE OF HIS DEATH. THIS ENLARGEMENT OF HIS PHOTO WAS SUBSCRIBED FOR AND PRESENTED TO THE CLUB TO THE CLUB BY ITS MEMBERS AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION OF HIS UNTIRING EFFORTS ON THEIR BEHALF AND IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF ONE WHO NOBLY DID HIS DUTY.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allan, James
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown
- Memorial
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- SHIELDS DAILY NEWS by N/A 7/12/1I15 Source: Media Library Published:N/A NORTHUMBERLAND
- WMSW7.14
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