Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Hartlepool
- Town
- Hartlepool
- County
- Cleveland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 43276
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Current location
High Battery
Hartlepool
Hartlepool
Cleveland
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 506 320
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- PLAQUE SET INTO A CARVED STONE ON LOW WALL
- Inscription
- THIS TABLET MARKS THE PLACE/ WHERE THE FIRST SHELL FROM THE/ LEADING GERMAN BATTLE CRUISER/ STRUCK AT 8:10 AM ON THE/ 16TH OF DECEMBER 1914/ AND ALSO RECORDS THE PLACE WHERE/ (DURING THE BOMBARDMENT)/ THE FIRST SOLDIER WAS KILLED/ ON BRITISH SOIL BY ENEMY ACTION/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ THIS MEMORIAL/ REPLACES AN EARLIER MEMORIAL/ PRESENTED BY/ JOHN SANDERSON ESQUIRE/ A NATIVE OF HARTLEPOOL
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
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
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Plaque
Measurements: depth 150MM, height 395MM, width 750MM
Materials: Metal
- Backboard
- 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
- Bombardment plaque
- WMO ID: 252390
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 28-05-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
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