Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Iron and Steel Works Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Works

Jarrow

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Iron and Steel Works Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Works (J2.28)

NEWMP Ref No.: J2.28

Parish: Jarrow

Original Location:

Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Works. (Closed)

At Iron & Steel Works.

Present Location:

Unknown

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled October 6th 1921 by Mr. J.W. Rowan, an ex-service man;
dedicated by Rev. T.H.. Lilburn, Vicar of St. Peter’s.

Materials Used:

Bronze plaque on moulded grey granite block

Who Commissioned:

Workmen and staff in each department

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Designed by C.S. Errington, Architect;
bronze work by Messrs. J.W. Singer and Sons, Ltd. of Frome, Somerset;
granite and granolithic work by Mr. Thomas Lumsden of Jarrow.

Inscription:

(Dedicated to the memory of colleagues who lost their lives)

Memorial Description:

Plaque on granite block with semi-circular centre top which contains a wreath raised in half relief.

Lettering is raised in relief and slightly burnished.

This panel is similar to the panels on the cenotaph at Jarrow.

Names:

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Notes:

1. This was unveiled on the same day as the cenotaph and plaques in the other departments of the firm. See Hebburn H93.07 and Jarrow J2.01, J2.05, and J2.27