Hall Road, war memorial
Hall Road, war memorial
HER Number
8200
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Hall Road, war memorial
Place
Chopwell
Map Sheet
NZ15NW
Class
Commemorative
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
Site Type: Specific
War Memorial
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
War memorial. Circa 1919. Whitish granite statue of soldier, hands
resting on rifle. Base of two steps, with sloping panel on south
commemorating people of Chopwell who died in second World War, to square
pedestal having guttae to 4 elliptical-headed panels bearing names of dead
in the Great War and inscriptions on base: WE ARE THE DEAD IF YE BREAK
FAITH WITH US WE SHALL NOT SLEEP and on frieze PRO PATRIA. LISTED GRADE 2
resting on rifle. Base of two steps, with sloping panel on south
commemorating people of Chopwell who died in second World War, to square
pedestal having guttae to 4 elliptical-headed panels bearing names of dead
in the Great War and inscriptions on base: WE ARE THE DEAD IF YE BREAK
FAITH WITH US WE SHALL NOT SLEEP and on frieze PRO PATRIA. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
412054
Northing
558512
Grid Reference
NZ412054558512
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 9/14; Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 64; North East War Memorials Project Ref. C92.01 (www.newmp.org.uk); Shields Daily News 21 June 1923