Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Organ or organ part
- District
- Gateshead
- Town
- Gateshead
- County
- Tyne And Wear
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Opened
Date: 5 June 1920
Attended by: Mrs Marshall of Westwood
- Opened
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 89914
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Current location
Gateshead Library
Prince Consort Road
Gateshead
Gateshead
Tyne And Wear
NE8 4DT
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 25630 61917
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Methodist Church
Blackhall Mill
Derwentside
Durham
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Methodist
- Methodist Church
- Description
- Organ with two brass dedication plaques
- Inscription
- Plaque 1-THIS ORGAN WAS/ERECTED IN GRATEFUL/MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/PAID THE SUPREME/SACRIFICE IN THE/GREAT EURPOEAN WAR/1914-1919/[5 names] Plaque 2- [5 names]/In Life Eager,/In Service Faithful,/In Death Triumphant/12th June 1920
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Armstrong, Thomas
Bewick, John
Bowman, Thomas
Carr, William
Cawthorn, Spencer
Dickinson, John
Fenwick, Ernest
Longstaff, Walter E
Mackenzie, Thomas Wm.
Robson, George
See details for all 10 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Organ or Organ part
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
- www.newmp.org.uk/search_results.php
- Consett Guardian 8 June 1920- reports the opening
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