Memorial

Gosforth Column

This image shows the north side of the monument consisting of steps up to a plinth on which is set a small column with a Palladian type finial. Dedication to the men who fell in WW1 are in raised capital lettering on a brass plaque.

Source: Paul Sanderson

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Current Location

CENTRAL PARK, Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England

OS Grid Reference

NZ 245 680

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Pillar / Column
WMR Reference Number: 34422
Description: SMALL MONUMENT CONSISTING OF STEPS UP TO A PLINTH ON WHICH IS SET A SMALL COLUMN WITH A PALLADIAN TYPE FINIAL. DEDICATIONS ON PLAQUES
Inscription: THIS COLUMN AND ADJACENT BUILDING WERE ERECTED BY PUBLIC/ SUBSCRIPTION TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF GOSFORTH WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 - THEIR NAMES ARE INSCRIBED/ ON A TABLET IN THE VESTIBULE OF THE BUILDING THE HALL TO THE WEST OF THIS STONE, ERECTED WITH PUBLIC/ SUBSCRIPTION, WAS DEDICATED ON REMEMBRANCE DAY THE 6TH/ NOVEMBER 1949, AS A MEMORIAL TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ WHILST SERVING IN H.M. FORCES AND THE MERCHANT NAVY IN THE/ 1939 - 1945 WAR

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)

War: Second World War (1939-1945)

History

Maker(s): N KINDRED, Architect
Sponsor Type: public

Ceremonies

Unveiled

28th January 1928

DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND

Rededicated

06th November 1949

UNKNOWN

Previous Location(s)

WELFARE CLINIC, Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England
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