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Memorial details

Memorial type
Cenotaph
District
Middlesbrough
Town
Middlesbrough
County
Cleveland
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
Messers Brierley & Rutherford, Messers H Coxhead & Co Ltd
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
9697
Current location

Entrance to Albert Park
Park Road
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough
Cleveland
TS5 6LA
England

OS Grid Ref: NZ 49207 19106
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Cenotaph, very similar to Southampton, with new gates and boundary wall for the Park which bears name plaques.
Inscription
Cenotaph: THE/ GLORIOUS/ DEAD/ 1914 - 1919/ 1939 - 1945 Plaques: (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Abbot, Percy
Abrams, William Thomas
Ackroyd, Herbert
Ackroyd, Walter
Adams, Ernest Victor
Adams, John
Adams, John
Adams, Robert
Adamson, Edgar
Adamson, Joseph
See details for all 3138 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 3137
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 3137
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Cenotaph
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite - Aberdeen
  • Wall
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Portland
  • Plaques / Panels with names
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
Listing information
  • CENOTAPH, WITH MEMORIAL GATES, GATEPIERS AND SCREEN WALLS
  • 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
  • Historic England
Condition
History
May 2003. It was reported that George O'Key was listed on the memorial in mistake for his elder brother Frederick who died as a Japanese POW on the Burma Railway in 1944.
Costs

Memorial: c £17,000

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Reference

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