Gateshead

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Reference WMO/120463

Address:

Prince Consort Road/Durham Road junction

Gateshead

NE8 4JN

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Cenotaph
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Stone cenotaph comprising square rusticated ground floor chamber forming plinth to main section which contains an heroic size bronze relief of a classical warrior framed in an Ionic order. Above the cornice and central pediment is a raised blocking course in two stages, the front plainer and higher, the back part with coved step and fasces moulding. Motto below relief: ORS JANUA VITAE. Signatures: R H Goulden Sc. A B Burton Found. c Historic England listing entry
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(Side one): IN MEMORY OF THE PEOPLE OF GATESHEAD/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ MORS JANUA VITAE/ IN THIS CHAMBER/ ARE RECORDED THE/ NAMES OF MEN OF/ GATESHEAD WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ THEIR NAME/ LIVETH FOR/ EVERMORE. (Lectern): THEIR BODIES ARE BURIED IN PEACE BUT THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE (Wall inscription one): 1914 - 1919/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF GATESHEAD WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY THEIR GRATEFUL FELLOW-TOWNSMEN (Wall inscription two):1939 1945/ IN MEMORY OF THE PEOPLE OF/ GATESHEAD WHO DIED IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR

Grade II (England)

1277766

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