Southwick Cemetery, war memorial

HER Number

11990

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Southwick Cemetery, war memorial

Place

Southwick

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

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

A bronze plaque on a brick wall. At the centre top is the Sunderland badge with the names of those killed in a column beneath. "COUNTY BOROUGH OF SUNDERLAND 1939-1945. IN EVERLASTING MEMORY WE RECORD THE NAMES OF THOSE CIVILIANS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES THROUGH ENEMY ACTION ON THIS TOWN AND ARE INTERRED IN THIS CEMETERY. TO THE GLORY OF GOD". 12 names are listed, 7 of those are women.

Easting

437320

Northing

559240

Grid Reference

NZ437320559240

Sources

North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk S130.02