Memorial Details
Memorial
Benches Lawson Falklands 1982 Promenade
Reference
W84.11
Place
WHITLEY BAY
Map ref
NZ 360720
Original Location
Promenade, at High Point, between Cheviot View and Edwards Road.
Present Location
Moved to location unknown.
Which war
Falklands 1982.
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled Monday 18th October 1982 by the Mayor of North Tyneside.
Memorial Description
Two seats, slatted, with cast iron ends in the form of a mythical creature, with a head and scaly neck, a wing underneath the arm rest, and decorated with scrolls. The dedication is incised and painted black in plain upper and lower case lettering along the top rail of one seat, while the name and dates of birth and death are on the top rail of the other seat.
Materials used
Wood with cast iron rests.
Inscription
On one seat :
In memory of Simon John Lawson H.M.S. Ardent
Killed in action San Carlos Bay Falkland Islands 21st May 1982.
On the other seat :
Simon John Lawson
1961-1982.
Killed in action San Carlos Bay Falkland Islands 21st May 1982.
On the other seat :
1961-1982.
Names
See above
Notes
1. The site is near the home of L.S. Dawson's parents.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: R.W. Gould; Tony Harding
Whitley Bay Guardian 22/10/1982 reported the unveiling with a photograph (photocopy in file)
North Shields Weekly News 22/10/1982 with the same report.
Evening Chronicle 20/10/1982 with same report.
Through Fire and Water: HMS Ardent – the Forgotten Frigate of the Falklands War Mark Higgitt.
Whitley Bay Guardian 22/10/1982 reported the unveiling with a photograph (photocopy in file)
North Shields Weekly News 22/10/1982 with the same report.
Evening Chronicle 20/10/1982 with same report.
Through Fire and Water: HMS Ardent – the Forgotten Frigate of the Falklands War Mark Higgitt.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Ann Brown; the late R.W. Gould; Tony Harding
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