Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Gateshead
- Town
- Eighton Banks
- County
- Tyne And Wear
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- D MORRISON (Sculptor)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 30 Apr 1921
Attended by: Dr Parkin of Newcastle - Dedicated
Date: 30 Apr 1921
Attended by: Revd C E Little, Rural Dean - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42201
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Current location
NW corner of churchyard
by Galloping Green road
St Thomas' Church
Galloping Green Road
Eighton Banks
Gateshead
Tyne And Wear
NE9 7XA
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 27691 58737
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- THREE STEPPED BASE SURMOUNTED BY HIGH BASE WITH ROCK FACED QUOINS AND CELTIC STYLE CROSS. WHOLE IS SET WITHIN LOW IRON RAILINGS ON A CONCRETE PAD. NAMES INSCRIBED ON GRANITE TABLETS PLACED ON THE SIDES. WREATH CARVED ON EACH FACE
- Inscription
- (EACH FACE) PRO PATRIA (EAST FACE) TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR FOR HONOUR AND FREEDOM./ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN/ LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS (WEST FACE) IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ "WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Airey, A
Airey, R
Aisbett, F
Anderson, L
Anderson, S
Aspinall, R
Atkinson, J G
Barron, A H
Bates, E M
Birkett, J
See details for all 77 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 77
Served and returned: 0
Died: 77
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment, initials of forenamesw, decorations
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques / Panels with names
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Polished - Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- Plaques / Panels with names
- Listing information
- Eighton Banks War Memorial
- 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
- WREKENTON (Eighton Banks)
- WMO ID: 179510
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 26-06-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Comments: John Bowes & Partners, owners of Springwell & Vale Collieries gave 50 guineas, Pelaw Main Colliery gave 10 guineas
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- NEWCASTLE DAILY JOURNAL- 13 MAY 1920
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7143
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