Memorial
Swan Hunter And Whigham Richardson Ltd - WW1
Current Location
Wallsend Memorial Hall, Station Road, Wallsend, North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England
OS Grid Reference
NZ 299 663
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Composite
- WMR Reference Number
- 34506
- Description
- Stone Memorial Hall. External memorial figures and plaques set into niche at side of building. Four bronze plaques with raised lettering. Sailor figure to left, soldier figure to right. Low relief at top of battleship scene. Relief at centre of ship-building scene from Swan Hunter’s yard.
- Inscription
- PLaque one: THIS HALL IS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY/ OF MEMBERS OF STAFF & WORKMEN OF/ SWAN HUNTER & WIGHAM RICHARDSON LTD/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (Names) PLaque 2: 1939 - 1945: (Names)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 239
- Died
- 239
- Information shown
- surname,rank,regiment
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 47
- Died
- 47
- Information shown
- surname,regiment
- Order of names
- regiment,surname
- Maker(s)
Ralph Hedley and Sons, Architect
Messrs Frank Caws, Steel and Caws, Architect
- Sponsor Type
- corporate
- Maintenance History
- 2008: Thieves stole the four bronze plaques but it it planned that they will be replaced
Ceremonies
Unveiled
15th August 1925
Lieut.-General Sir Charles Harrington, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O.
Dedicated
15th August 1925
Rev. Dr. A. C. E. Jarvin, C.M.G., M.C., Chaplain to H.M. Forces
Components
- Hall
Width: 109 feet
Depth: 58 feet
Made from: Stone, Concrete
Condition: Good
- Plaques
Made from: Bronze
Condition: Good
- Figures
Made from: Bronze
Condition: Good
- Shields Daily News - Tuesday 28 July 1925 Page 1 WAR MEMORIAL. Unveiling Ceremony at Wallsend on Aug. 15. HALL OR WINTER GARDEN. "A spacious hall or winter garden erected on a site adjoining the Cafe building in Station Road". ---
- SHIELDS DAILY NEWS by N/A 17 August 1925 Source: Media Library Published:N/A NORTHUMBERLAND
- North East War Memorials Project WMSW7.3 http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=9309
- Evening Chronicle (Wallsend) 12 June 2008
- Private Eye No. 1349 (20 Sep.- 3 Oct. 2013) c2010: the Memorial Hall was merged with the Wallsend People's Centre. Sep. 2013:the merged body is in liquidation.