Memorial

Plaque Players 1914-18 1939-45 Stadium of Light

Sunderland

Memorial Name: Plaque Players 1914-18 1939-45 Stadium of Light (S140.155)

NEWMP Ref No.: S140.155

Parish: Sunderland

Original Location:

Opposite the West Stand, next to the Fans’ Statue.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled at 12 noon, on the 13th December 2014, to commemorate the Centenary of the Christmas Truce, just before the Kick-off at the match with visitors West Ham.

Materials Used:

Stainless Steel

Who Commissioned:

Sunderland Football Club

Ownership and Maintenance: Sunderland Football Club

Inscription:

Dedicated to the Sunderland players who died in the World Wars
(Names)
And to all those who selflessly gave their lives.

Memorial Description:

Steel Plaque, 15 inches square (375mm).

It is on a wall in the area occupied by a statue of supporters.

It is very plain. The lettering is in sans serif lower case.

Names:

a. 7 full names
b. 1 full name
See transcript

Notes:

1. The Memorial also pays tribute to all those killed in the line of Duty.

2. The Memorial sits within a specially created seated area, alongside the existing Fans’ Statue -a stunning bronze installation dedicated to Sunderland fans past, present and future. As well as paying tribute to those players lost in World Wars, the area will also be used by fans as a focal point to remember lost loved ones.

3. Dedicated by two military chaplains who joined the Club Chaplain, Father Marc Lynden-Smith, and members of the Armed Forces, to dedicate the monument.

Sources:

Photos: Dorothy Hall

Red and White
Saturday 13/12/2014 Match programme.

Source of quotation:
“They shall grow not old”: Laurence Binyon 4th Stanza of ‘For the fallen‘ first published in the Times on the 21st September 1914.