Southwick, Thompson Road, war memorial

HER Number:
11991

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Southwick, Thompson Road, war memorial

Place:
Southwick

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:
Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific:
War Memorial

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
On left side of entrance to recreation ground in the grass. Originally in the Miners Union Hall on Roker Avenue. The memorial was later moved to Wearmouth Colliery and placed outside the canteen. Then it was moved here. It was unveiled at the Miners Union Hall in March 1921. It is a marble horizontal plaque (2 feet 4 inches x 4 feet 9 inches) on a brick base 2 feet 10 inches high. The 173 names are in five columns. "PRO PATRIA. ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE MINERS OF WEARMOUTH COLLIERY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919".

Easting:
3895

Northing:
5893

Grid Reference:
NZ38955893

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk S130.10