Memorial Details
Memorial
Winged Victory 1914-18 1939-45 Roadside
Reference
W2.05
Place
WALKER on TYNE
Map ref
NZ 287641
Original Location
Scrogg Road.
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Memorial Description
Statue of Winged Victory approx. 4m. high. on 3 stepped base, on top of a tapering square granite column. The figure has one arm raised and a flag in the other. She stands on a very plain tapering pedestal which has a cross raised in half relief inside a circle at the top of each side. Lettering is incised on the pedestal in sans serif capitals.
Materials used
White marble
Inscription
Public subscription in
honoured memory of
the gallant men of
Walker who sacrificed
their lives in the
Great War
1914-1918
1939-1945
They died that we might live.
Names
None
Who commissioned
Walker Town Council
How money was raised
Public subscription
Present condition
Inscription very worn. Original Bronze? Characters removed.
Ownership and maintenance
Newcastle City Council
Notes
1. The angel originally had a laurel wreath in her right hand, but this was broken off. The hand was replaced with no wreath.
2. This spot became a meeting place for youths in the 1960s. “Wreaths no longer lie for weeks after Armistice Day as they used to.”
3. There were two initial proposals for the memorial:
(a) a public hall, with shops in the basement and a reception room for the use of trades unions and friendly societies’
meetings
(b) a monument.
Approx. £300 had been raised so far.
2. This spot became a meeting place for youths in the 1960s. “Wreaths no longer lie for weeks after Armistice Day as they used to.”
3. There were two initial proposals for the memorial:
(a) a public hall, with shops in the basement and a reception room for the use of trades unions and friendly societies’
meetings
(b) a monument.
Approx. £300 had been raised so far.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: E. Simpson; Tony Harding
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 18/11/1919 reports initial proposals in Note 3 above.
Catalogue of Sculpture, Monuments and Memorials in Public Places in Newcastle upon Tyne (Newcastle City Council 1985)
Source of quotation:
"They died that we might live" Hail! and Farewell! John Oxenham
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 18/11/1919 reports initial proposals in Note 3 above.
Catalogue of Sculpture, Monuments and Memorials in Public Places in Newcastle upon Tyne (Newcastle City Council 1985)
Source of quotation:
"They died that we might live" Hail! and Farewell! John Oxenham
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Research acknowledgements
F. McDonald (Newcastle City Council, 1985); P. Thirkell; E. Simpson; David Heslop (Tyne-Wear County Archaeologist); Tony Harding; Joan Jobling; Dorothy Hall
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