Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Garden
- District
- Gateshead
- Town
- Dunston
- County
- Tyne And Wear
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 13th August 1995
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42185
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Current location
St Nicholas with Christ Church
Ellison Road
Dunston
Gateshead
Tyne And Wear
NE11 9UN
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 22657 61616
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- DUNSTAN HILL HOSPITAL
Whickham
Gateshead
Tyne And Wear
NE16 4SH
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 20957 61356
Denomination: Undefined
- DUNSTAN HILL HOSPITAL
- Description
- MEMORIAL GARDEN. BRICK PAVED WITH SIX BENCHES, ROSES, FLOWERS AND TREES. MEMORIAL BOARD MOUNTED ON WALL BEARS INSCRIPTION. INDIVIDUAL PLAQUES ARE ALSO MOUNTED ON THE WALL, ONE FOR EACH OF THOSE COMRADES WHO HAVE DIED SINCE THE WAR ENDED. TOP CORNERS OF THE BOARD BEAR THE BADGE OF THE FEPOW ASSOCIATION, SHOWING THE RISING SUN WITH A CROSS BETWEEN THE RAYS AND A RAILWAY ENGINE.
- Inscription
- NORTH EAST FAR EAST/ PRISONERS OF WAR ASSOCIATION./ WE DEDICATE THIS GARDEN TO THE MEMORY OF OUR/ COMRADES WHO DID NOT RETURN FROM CAPTIVITY, AND/ TO THOSE WHO RETURNED BUT HAVE GONE BEFORE US./ "WE SHALL ALWAYS REMEMBER,/ EVERY DAY, EVERY MONTH, AND NOT JUST IN NOVEMBER."/ DEDICATED ON 13TH AUGUST 1995/ TO COMMEMORATE TO 50TH ANNIVERSARY/ OF VICTORY IN JAPAN. IN MEMORY OF FAR EAST PRISONERS OF WAR./ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM AND THEIR SERVICE TO OTHERS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 44
Served and returned: 0
Died: 44
Exact count: no
Information shown: year died,regiment
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Garden
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Plaques
- 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
- CDW86.06
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