6 Grange Crescent , British Legion Office, flagpole

6 Grange Crescent , British Legion Office, flagpole

HER Number
12006
District
Sunderland
Site Name
6 Grange Crescent , British Legion Office, flagpole
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Commemorative
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
Site Type: Specific
War Memorial
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
20th Century 1901 to 2000
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
There is a flagpole in a paved garden outside the British Legion Office. Set into the gravel at the foot of the flagpole are four square slabs each with a line from Lawrence Binyon's 'For the Fallen' poem: "THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE ARE LEFT TO GROW OLD"; "AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN"; AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING"; "WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM" {www.newmp.org.uk}.
Easting
439500
Northing
556300
Grid Reference
NZ439500556300
Sources
North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk S140.33