Memorial

Silksworth and Tunstall

The Memorial

Source: Copyright Mike Coyle

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Current Location

Silksworth Park., Miller Terrace, Sunderland, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR3 1AU, England

NZ 38489 53689

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Type of Memorial: Sculptured / Cast figure
WMR Reference Number: 68768
Description: A white marble life sized statue of an advancing soldier in a Brodie helmet, holding a raised rifle. Stands on a square granite pedestal with foliate carving around the architrave, on a two-tier base with two concrete steps. The names of the dead are inscribed on all four faces of the pedestal and on three faces of the lower base.
Inscription: Six o'clock face of pedestal: THIS MEMORIAL/ WAS ERECTED IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THE SILKSWORTH AND/ TUNSTALL PARISHES WHO MADE THE SUPREME/ SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (Names) Six o'clock face of top step of plinth: NOT ONCE BUT TWICE IN OUR ROUGH ISLAND STORY/ THE PATH OF DUTY WAS THE WAY TO GLORY Six o'clock face of bottom step of plinth: ALSO/ IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF/ THOSE OF THESE PARISHES WHO FELL IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945. Three o'clock face of pedestal: (WW1 Names)(Bosnia Name) Three o'clock face of plinth: (WW2 Names) Twelve o'clock face of pedestal: (WW1 Names) ALSO 1939-1945/ (Names) Twelve o'clock face of plinth: (WW2 Names) Nine o'clock face of pedestal: (WW1 Names) Nine o'clock face of plinth: (WW2 Names) CIVILIANS KILLED BY/ ENEMY ACTION/ (Names)