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A winged figure of Peace with her right arm raised and holiding a palm leaf in her left hand surmounting an orb above a tall obelisk. There is a cross and two palm leaves carved in low relief on the north face of the obelisk.

Title

Wallsend First World War Memorial

Date

1925

Medium

bronze & granite

Measurements

H 200 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 650 x W 155 x D 155 cm

Accession number

NE28_SD_S012

Acquisition method

commissioned by Wallsend War Memorial Sub-Committee

Work type

War memorial

Owner

North Tyneside Council

Custodian

North Tyneside Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

11th November 1925

Listing date

19/02/86

Access

at all times

Inscription description

obelisk, base: TO THE / GLORY / OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY / OF / THE MEN OF THE BOROUGH OF / WALLSEND / WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES / IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914–1918 / ALSO 1939–45

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