Ingham Infirmary, Westoe


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Reference WMO/280858

Address:

South Shields Museum and Art Gallery

Ocean Road

South Shields

NE33 2JA

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Brass
  • Metal Bronze
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: 24 endowed cots with two dedicatory plaques, one in bronze and one in brass.. The inscription is in white painted lettering using Roman capitals on the Bronze Plaque and in black lettering in elongated Roman capitals on the brass plaque which has a single line border. Originally at Ingham Infirmary, Westoe then In the Ingham Wing, South Tyneside District Hospital, Harton Lane, South Shields
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Plaque 1: SOUTH SHIELDS WAR MEMORIAL/ 24 COTS IN THIS WARD/ WERE ENDOWED BY/ THE INHABITANTS OF THIS BOROUGH/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918; Plaque 2: THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE/ TRUSTEES AND GOVERNORS OF THE INGHAM INFIRMARY/ TO RECORD THE APPRECIATION/ OF THE SERVICES RENDERED TO THE INSTITUTION BY/ MRS. GLENVILLE DRUERY/ DURING HER YEAR OF OFFICE AS MAYORESS, 1923-1924,/ BY WHOSE INITIATIVE AND ENTERPRISE THE SUM OF £13,980/ WAS RAISED FOR THE PROVISION OF A MEMORIAL/ TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE BOROUGH WHO SERVED/ THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918./ £12,000 OF THIS SUM WAS HANDED OVER TO THE TRUSTEES/ ON THE 8TH NOVEMBER 1924/ TO ENDOW IN PERPETUITY/ 24 COTS IN THE CHILDREN'S WARD

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