Tyne and Wear HER(11937): Preston Cemetery, Stone of Remembrance - Details
11937
N Tyneside
Preston Cemetery, Stone of Remembrance
Preston
NZ36NW
Commemorative
Commemorative Monument
War Memorial
Modern
C20
Structure
Has 1939 on one side and 1945 on the other. "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE". The stone was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. It is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is similar to stones of remembrance in battlefield cemeteries. There are 62 limestone headstones in front of the stone.
3427
6928
NZ34276928
North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk P17.05; English Heritage (Designation), 10 September 2012, Consultation Report; English Heritage, 30 January 2013, Advice Report