Preston Cemetery, Stone of Remembrance

HER Number

11937

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Preston Cemetery, Stone of Remembrance

Place

Preston

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Commemorative

Site Type: Broad

Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific

War Memorial

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Has 1939 on one side and 1945 on the other. "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE". The stone was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. It is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is similar to stones of remembrance in battlefield cemeteries. There are 62 limestone headstones in front of the stone.

Easting

434270

Northing

569280

Grid Reference

NZ434270569280

Sources

North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk P17.05; English Heritage (Designation), 10 September 2012, Consultation Report; English Heritage, 30 January 2013, Advice Report