Chopwell, Hall Road, war memorial

HER Number:
8200

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Chopwell, Hall Road, war memorial

Place:
Chopwell

Map Sheet:
NZ15NW

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:
Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific:
War Memorial

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
War memorial. Circa 1919. Whitish granite statue of soldier, hands resting on rifle. Base of two steps, with sloping panel on south commemorating people of Chopwell who died in second World War, to square pedestal having guttae to 4 elliptical-headed panels bearing names of dead in the Great War and inscriptions on base: WE ARE THE DEAD IF YE BREAK FAITH WITH US WE SHALL NOT SLEEP and on frieze PRO PATRIA. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
1207

Northing:
5852

Grid Reference:
NZ12075852

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 9/14; Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 64; North East War Memorials Project Ref. C92.01 (www.newmp.org.uk); Shields Daily News 21 June 1923