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Reference WMO/251888

Address:

Mowbray Park

Burdon Road

Sunderland

SR1 1QB

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Allegory (eg: Victory)
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Metal Iron
  • Stone Stone (any)
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Aden (20C)
  • Afghanistan (2001 -)
  • Berlin Airlift (1948-1949)
  • Colonial India
  • Cyprus Emergency (1955-1959)
  • Dhofar Rebellion (1962-1976)
  • Falklands Conflict (1982)
  • Former Yugoslavia (1991-1999)
  • Iraq (2003-2009)
  • Korean War (1950-1953)
  • Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)
  • Mau Mau Revolt, Kenya (1952-1960)
  • Northern Ireland
  • Palestine (1900-1999)
  • Post-1945 War or Conflict
  • Suez Emergency and Crisis (1951-1956)
About the memorial: Granite with bronze figure. Railings and gates wrought-iron. Angel of Victory holding globe on tall Tuscan column with laurel leaf band at base, egg and dart echinus. Tall moulded plinth has laurel wreaths and upturned torches carved in low relief; and inscriptions on W: A TRIBUTE TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD ; on N 1914-1918; on S 1939-1945. 4 steps up to platform are flanked by dwarf walls with nail-head studs in coping. Enclosing railings and gates have cross-in-circle motif, paired principal uprights and top rails. 4 lamp standards a short distance from corners are contemporary and are listed individually (qv). c Historic England ,listing entry In 2011 a new hemispherical wall was added around the memorial for post 1945 conflicts. See the NEWMP report for the very long dedicatory wording on the panels which were updated in 2015, made possible through £150,000 raised in donations. In 2016, behind this wall, The Veterans Way was started (not a memorial in it's own right), which is an ongoing memorial, being added to periodically. It was started by the family of Nathan Cuthbertson (fell in Afghanistan), and is a pathway of individual granite stones to people who have served or fallen in any war- each stone has the regiment, the regimental badge, dates served, name and service number. Stones can be bought as Christmas or birthday presents. In the city at Carlton House there is also a blue plaque to Captain George Allen Maling VC (WW1), also his Government Centenary paving stone is at this Memorial - neither is a memorials in their own right. In 2015 a metal seat was added beside the seat with a dedication to all lost in war- it is not a memorial in it's own right as it is a generic stock seat of which there are many around the Country.
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1914-1918/ A TRIBUTE TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ 1939-1945.

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