9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Territorial Army - 1900-1945

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Reference WMO/249009

Address:

Saltwell Park

East Park Road

Gateshead

NE9 5AX

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Other monument
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Boer War, Second (1899-1902)
About the memorial: Stone wall with flanking arms. Two dedicatory stone tablets placed on the left and right hand sides of the wall with a bench to the far side of them. Shield in relief in the centre of the wall. Previously at the Drill Hall in Burt Terrace, Gateshead. NEWMP suggest the memorial is now inside at Gateshead St Mary's Church replacing a memorial which was lost in a fire in 1979- clarification of status would be welcome
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Top of Wall: 5TH DURHAM/ RIFLE VOLUNTEERS ; Left Hand Tablet: IN MEMORY OF/ 1419 OFFICERS AND OTHER RANKS/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN WAR FROM 1900 TO 1945/ EACH A SON OF THE/ 9TH BATTALION/ THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY T.A./ FAITHFUL ; Centre SHIELD: AD/ 1889; Right Hand Tablet: THESE STONES WERE RECOVERED FROM THE DRILL HALL IN BURT TERRACE HOME OF THE 9TH BATTALION THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY/ DEDICATED A.D. 12TH JULY 1981.

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