South Shields, Church of St. Stephen, war memorial

HER Number:
11191

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Church of St. Stephen, war memorial

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:
Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific:
War Memorial

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
A splendid 1914-18 monument consisting of a series of inscribed brass plaques mounted within a Clasically detailed black painted frame formed of two Doric columns supporting an entablature. "ERECTED IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF WELLINGTON STREET WHO FOUGHT AND DIED IN THE GREAT WAR, THEIR GLORY LIVETH EVERMORE". Probably unique in the region as a memorial dedicated to those men from a single street killed in the war.

Easting:
3617

Northing:
6782

Grid Reference:
NZ36176782

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer, Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments & Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 62; North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk S86.025