Tynemouth High School, gate posts

HER Number

11934

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth High School, gate posts

Place

North Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

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

Pair of square gate posts surmounted by lamps, now broken. The is a plaque on each post: "OLD BOYS OF THIS SCHOOL WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 ERECTED IN SOLEMN PRIDE AND GRATITUDE BY THE OLD STUDENTS UNION 1920 DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI". 67 names are listed. The sculptor was Fraleys of Birmingham {www.newmp.org.uk}.

Easting

434700

Northing

568900

Grid Reference

NZ434700568900

Sources

North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk N34.02