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11193


Gateshead


Bensham, Park Terrace, Presbyterian Church, war memorial


Bensham


NZ26SW


Commemorative


Commemorative Monument


War Memorial


Modern


C20


Structure


The church was demolished in the 1960s to make way for St. Cuthbert's Village. The plaque is stored in a Gateshead Council depot [2007]. A marble and granite plaque 1m wide, in classical style. It has an urn at the top with swags down the sides. Inscription: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF (NAMES) WHO FELL IN THE GREAT AND VICTORIOUS STRUGGLE FOR RELIGION, HOMELAND AND LIBERTY 1914-1919 1939-1945".


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North East War Memorials Project Ref. B134.09 (www.newmp.org.uk); The Journal 15 January 2007, 16 January 2007 and 18 January 2007; Gateshead Council News February 2007; Northern Echo 11 January 2007

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