Memorial

Cenotaph 1914-18 1939-45 Carr Ellison Park

Hebburn

Memorial Name: Cenotaph 1914-18 1939-45 Carr Ellison Park (H93.23)

NEWMP Ref No.: H93.23

Parish: Hebburn

Original Location:

Carr Ellison Park

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Ownership and Maintenance: South Tyneside Council

Inscription:

To the glory of God
and in grateful memory
of all Hebburn men who
fought who suffered and
who made the supreme
sacrifice in the wars
1914-1919 and 1939-1945
Erected by their fellow townspeople.

Memorial Description:

Urn on top of stepped pedestal standing on a circular platform with concrete fence uprights.

The whole is set within a circular pavement.

The dedication is on one side of the pedestal.

Lettering is in Roman capitals

Names:

None

Notes:

1. Shields Gazette 10/02/1956 reports:
“The Hebburn Parks and Cemeteries Committee is to consider designs for a new War Memorial.
The committee was told last night that the column of the memorial in Carr Ellison Park has been completely destroyed in a recent storm, though no damage was done to the base.
The surveyor, Mr R.C. Bestow, said the memorial had been ugly and top heavy. Something of this sort was inevitable he said. The committee instructed Mr Bestow to submit designs and costs for a new memorial at the next meeting.” Source: Reprinted Shields Gazette 20/05/2014.