South Shields West End-New Memorial


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Reference WMO/282369

Address:

West Park

Stanhope Road

South Shields

NE33 4LB

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Other Concrete
  • Stone Sandstone
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Sandstone Obelisk of 7 tapering blocks of sandstone standing on two shallow steps. On the square faces of the pedestal are four bronze dedication plaques Thus replaced the original memorial- WMO/89901 in 2002- which was then demolished. In front of the obelisk is raked concrete mounting bearing a bronze plaque with details of the erection. It is fenced off for security, and is adjacent to the bowling greens.
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Dedication Plaques (4 identical ones)-WEST END WAR MEMORIAL 1914-1918 1939-1945/IN HONOUR/OF THOSE/WHO/SERVED/1914-1918/1939-1945 History Plaque-THE NEW WEST END MEMORIAL/WAS FORMALLY DEDICATED ON/SUNDAY 19TH MAY 2002/BY DAVID MILLIBAND/MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR SOUTH SHIELDS./THE ORIGINAL WEST END WAR MEMORIAL/WAS ERECTED IN 1921 ON BOLDON LANE/SOUTH SHIELDS AND WAS MOVED TO/WEST PARK IN 1938./THE MEMORIAL WAS DISMANTLED/IN/JANUARY 2002

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