Memorial
John Campbell Cann-Ellison and The Hebburn Men - WW1
Hebburn Carr Ellison Park entrance plaque
Source: Copyright Dave Webster
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Current Location
Inside the north entrance from Canning Street, CARR ELLISON PARK, Hebburn, South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, NE31 2UG, England
OS Grid Reference
NZ 31137 64252
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- Type of Memorial
- Park / Sports field
- WMR Reference Number
- 17806
- Description
- PARK WITH DEDICATORY MONUMENT PLACED WITHIN IT. MONUMENT IS FORMED BY TWO STEPPED BASE SURMOUNT BY PLINTH, TWO COLUMNS AND FLAT CENTRAL SECTION. DEDICATORY INSCRIPTION ON A PLAQUE ATTACHED TO THE FRONT FACE.
- Inscription
- FRONT: THE GREAT WAR. THIS PARK WAS PRESENTED TO THE INHABITANTS OF HEBBURN BY COL. RALPH HENRY CARR-ELLISON, C.M.G. IN MEMORY OF THE HEBBURN MEN WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY AND AS A TOKEN OF GRATITUDE FOR THE SAFE RETURN OF HIS ONLY SON JOHN CAMPBELL CANN-ELLISON LIEUTENANT 1ST ROYAL DRAGOONS REAR: THIS STONE WAS ERECTED BY HEBBURN U.D.C. ON BEHALF OF THE INHABITANTS AS A TOKEN OF THEIR DEEP APPRECIATION OF COL CARR-ELLISON'S MUNIFICENT GIFT. JULY 1920 JOHN BLACK, CHAIRMAN
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Sponsor Type
- private
Components
- Pillar
Made from: Granite
Condition: Good
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- War Memorials Trust Reference Number
- WMO/194575
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