Memorial

New Seaham Cenotaph

Source: Copyright Phil Eggleston

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Current Location

south of the bowling green, New Seaham Welfare Park, Park View, off the B1285, Seaham, Easington, Durham, SR7 0HR, England

NZ 40846 49908

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Type of Memorial: Cenotaph
WMR Reference Number: 52171
Description: Monument 30 feet (9.14m) high surmounted by winged figure of Liberty, 8 feet 6 inches (2.59m) high, bearing a torch aloft. A pillar up each side carries at top a figure of a soldier of the Durham Light Infantry and a sailor from the Royal Navy, both slightly larger than life size. Below the winged figure and between the two figures is a plaque of polished granite bearing the dedication. Beneath this, the badge of the R.A.F. is carved in half relief. Below this, there is another plaque on which the names for 1914-18 are carried in three columns. The quotation is in the stone below this. At the sides are two small free standing pillars. The names for 1939-45 are in a single column on the front face of both of these. Lettering is lead sans serif capitals throughout. The whole was set inside a low kerb with metal posts bearing a chain, but this has gone. The main memorial and figures are of Woodkirk brown hard York stone, and the names panels are of polished Creetown granite
Inscription: FRONT FACE: THIS MEMORIAL/ WAS ERECTED BY THE/ WORKMEN AND FRIENDS/ OF NEW SEAHAM/ IN SACRED REMEMBRANCE/ OF THEIR COMRADES/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/Greater love hath no man than this, / that a man lay down his life for his friends PILLARS: 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)

Maker(s): Ainsley & Collins of West Hartlepool, Makers
Sponsor Type: public
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: WW1 cost1914-18: £1300; WW2 cost. 1939-45: £300.
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