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    Memorial

    Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Works, Jarrow

    Palmers cenotaph next to old Christ Church rectory

    Source: Copyright Dave Webster

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    Current Location

    Jarrow, South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England

    OS Grid Reference

    NZ 340 650

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    Type of Memorial
    Cenotaph
    WMR Reference Number
    34488
    Description
    BASE SURMOUNTED BY PLINTH AND CENOTAPH. INSCRIPTION CARVED ON PANELS ON THE SIDES WREATH IN RLEIEF AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE FRONT FACE
    Inscription
    FRONT FACE: DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FROM JARROW/ 1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945/ ERECTED BY/ THE DIRECTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS OF/ PALMERS SHIPBUILDING & IRON COMPANY LIMITED/ TO RECORD THEIR APPRECIATION/ OF THE PATRIOTISM OF 1543 MEN/ FROM THEIR JARROW AND HEBBURN WORKS/ IN JOINING HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES FOR SERVICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 AND IN GRATEFUL AND HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO MADE THE GREAT SACRIFICE/FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND WHOSE NAMES/ ARE INSCRIBED ON THE MONUMENT./ SO THEY GAVE THEIR BODIES TO THE/ COMMONWEALTH AND RECEIVED EACH/ FOR HIS MEMORY PRAISE THAT WILL/ NEVER DIE AND WITH IT THE NOBLEST/ SEPULCHRE - NOT THE SPOT WHERE/ THIER BONES ARE LAID, BUT A PLACE/ IN THE MINDS OF MEN OTHER FACES: (NAMES) BASE, REAR SIDE: NAMES ADDED AFTER COMPLETION OF CENOTAPH/ (NAMES)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    1728
    Served
    1543
    Died
    185
    Information shown
    surname,forename,occupation
    Order of names
    occupation,surname,forename
    Maker(s)
    • MR ROBERT BEALL, Sculptor

    Sponsor Type
    corporate

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    06th October 1921

    Local Clergy/Dignitaries

    Components

    Cenotaph

    Height: C 20FT


    Made from: Stone - Local


    Condition: Unknown


    • SHIELDS DAILY NEWS by N/A 30 SEP 21 Source: Media Library Published:N/A NORTHUMBERLAND
    • WMSJ2.5