Gateshead, Saltwell Cemetery, war memorial

HER Number

11258

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Gateshead, Saltwell Cemetery, war memorial

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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

War Graves Commission designed Portland Stone gravestone with a cross at the top, and dates on either side. "THOSE HONOURED HERE DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY AND LIE BURIED IN DUNSTON (CHRIST CHURCH) CHURCHYARD". There are nine names.

Easting

425000

Northing

561000

Grid Reference

NZ425000561000

Sources

North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) G39.62