Memorial
Venerable Bede Church
Current Location
St Edmunds Chapel, High Street, Gateshead, NE8 1EQ
OS Grid Reference
NZ 25722 63136
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 48239
- Description
- Three marble tablets. The top one has rounded corners and a narrow engraved border and has the inscription. The other two tablets with the names have engraved borders.
- Inscription
- tablet 1: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 Tablets 2 & 3: (NAMES)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 214
- Died
- 214
- Order of names
- surname
- Maker(s)
Messers Walter Wilson and Son, Designer
Ceremonies
Unveiled
29th May 1920
Archdeacon of Auckland
Previous Location(s)
VENERABLE BEDE CHURCH, Gateshead, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England
OS Grid Reference
NZ 260 620
Reason for move
the Church was demolished due to vandalism.
St James Church, Wordswowrth Street, NE8 3HH
Reason for move
Church demolished because of failure to the fabric of the building
Components
- Tablets
Made from: Marble
Condition: Unknown
- Newcastle Daily Journal by N/A 31 MAY 20 Source: Media Library Published: N/A Newcastle
- WMSG39.25