Hebburn, Carr Ellison Park, WW1 monument

HER Number:
11266

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Hebburn, Carr Ellison Park, WW1 monument

Place:
Hebburn

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:
Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific:
War Memorial

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
A flat-topped granite monument on two steps with pillars at either side, a plaque on the front which reads: "THE GREAT WAR/ THIS PARK WAS PRESENTED TO THE INHABITANTS OF HEBBURN BY COLONEL RALPH HENRY CARR-ELLISON C.M.C. IN MEMORY OF THOSE HEBBURN MEN WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY, AND AS A TOKEN OF GRATITUDE FOR THE SAFE RETURN OF HIS ONLY SON JOHN CAMPBELL CARR-ELLISON, LIEUT. 1ST ROYAL DRAGOONS" and on the rear "THIS STONE WAS ERECTED BY THE HEBBURN URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF THE INHABITANTS AS A TOKEN OF THEIR DEEP APPRECIATION OF COL. CARR-ELLISON'S MUNIFICENT GIFT JOHN BLACK, JULY 1920, CHAIRMAN".

Easting:
310

Northing:
640

Grid Reference:
NZ310640

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) H93.14