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Swan Hunter War Memorial
Swan Hunter War Memorial
Swan Hunter War Memorial
Swan Hunter War Memorial
Swan Hunter War Memorial
Swan Hunter War Memorial
Swan Hunter War Memorial
Swan Hunter War Memorial
Swan Hunter War Memorial
Swan Hunter War Memorial
Swan Hunter War Memorial
Swan Hunter War Memorial
Swan Hunter War Memorial
Swan Hunter War Memorial
Swan Hunter War Memorial

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Susan Dawson/Art UK

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The memorial hall incorporates the First World War memorial with Second World War additions. The central screen holds four plaques with the names of the regiments of the dead arranged around a carved relief depicting the Swan Hunter factory. The arch above contains a steamer ship at sea. To eiter side are life-sized figures of a seaman and a gunner with reversed rifles.
Title

Swan Hunter War Memorial

Date

1925

Medium

bronze & stone

Measurements

H 295 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 295 x W 200 x D 75 cm

Accession number

NE28_SD_S007

Acquisition method

commissioned by Swan Hunter

Work type

War memorial

Owner

North Tyneside Council

Custodian

North Tyneside Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

15th August 1925

Listing date

07/05/13

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

base of naval figure: R. HEDLEY SCULPTOR / SINGERS FOUNDRY 1925; base of army gunner: R. HEDLEY, SCULPTOR

Inscription description

base: THIS HALL WAS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY / OF MEMBERS OF THE STAFF & WORKMEN OF / SWAN HUNTER & WIGHAM RICHARDSON LTD / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914–1918

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