Hetton-le-Hole, Richard Street, war memorial

HER Number:
11270

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Hetton-le-Hole, Richard Street, war memorial

Place:
Hetton-le-Hole

Map Sheet:
NZ34NE

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:
Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific:
War Memorial

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
In garden of Working Men's Club. Granite statue of a soldier resting on his reversed riflr with his head bowed. The statue stands on a plinth with Greek key pattern and a panel with scrolls and cherubs below, within a walled area with iron railings. The dedication on the plinth reads: "ERECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF HETTON AND DISTRICT WORKING MENS CLUB IN MEMORY OF THEIR FELLOW MEMBERS WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 ALSO THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR".

Easting:
3547

Northing:
4741

Grid Reference:
NZ35474741

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) H125.06