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Rowlands Gill WW1 And WW2

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Current Location

SHOPPING CENTRE, Rowlands Gill, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England

OS Grid Reference

NZ 160 580

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Type of Memorial
Cenotaph
WMR Reference Number
42138
Description
PLINTH SURMOUNTED BY GRANITE CENOTAPH. WW1 INSCRIPTION CARVED INTO THE FACE OF THE CENOTAPH AND WW2 NAMES ON BRONZE PLAQUES SET INTO THE PLINTH CENOTAPH IS SET ON A ROASED TERRACE WITH SEATING PLACED PARTLY AROUND IT
Inscription
ERECTED BY/ THE INHABITANTS OF ROWLANDS GILL/ TO THE MEMORY OF FALLEN HEROES/ WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR AUGUST 1914 - NOVEMBER 1918/ (NAMES)/ "MAY THEIR DEEDS BE IN REVERENCE"/ (NAMES)/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO LAID DOWN THIER LIVES/ IN THE WAR 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated
80
Served
40
Died
40
Information shown
rank,regiment
Order of names
rank,regiment
War
Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated
42
Served
21
Died
21
Information shown
rank,regiment,decorations

Components

Plaque

Made from: Bronze


Condition: Unknown


Cenotaph

Made from: Granite


Condition: Unknown


  • CDR46.01