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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Gateshead
- Town
- Whickham
- County
- Tyne And Wear
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 21st August 1921
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42205
Current location
ST MARY THE VIRGIN CHURCH
Whickham
Gateshead
Tyne And Wear
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 200 600
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- NOWY-HEADED BRONZE PLAQUE SET IN WOODEN FRAME. EMBOSSED LETTERING. NAMES IN TWO COLUMNS.
- Inscription
- RIGHT NOT MIGHT/ IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE/ WHICKHAM MEN WHO DIED IN THE/ CAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ "IN THY REDEEMING LOVE HAVE MERCY ON THE FALLEN"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Arthurs, D
Atkinson, C C
Atkinson, H
Atkinson, J W
Atkinson, W
Bell, W M
Bell, W T
Bertram, A
Brennan, J
Brennan, P
See details for all 65 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 130
Served and returned: 65
Died: 65
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- 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
- Whickham WW1 Plaque
- WMO ID: 263560
- Condition: Good [last updated on 12-05-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- CDW86.03
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