Tynemouth Park, garden of remembrance
Tynemouth Park, garden of remembrance
HER Number
              11995
          District
              N Tyneside
          Site Name
              Tynemouth Park, garden of remembrance
          Place
              Tynemouth
          Map Sheet
              NZ37SE
          Class
              Commemorative
          Site Type: Broad
              Commemorative Monument
          Site Type: Specific
              Commemorative Garden
          General Period
              20TH CENTURY
          Specific Period
              Second World War 1939 to 1945
          Form of Evidence
              Structure
          Description
              Bronze plaque on a wall of the garden of remembrance unveiled by the Duke of Northumberland after 1940. "THIS GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE IS DEDICATED AS A MEMORIAL TO HENRY GEORGE ALAN, NINTH DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, KILLED IN ACTION ON THE 2ND MAY 1940 AND TO ALL THOSE FROM THIS BOROUGH WHO DIED FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR" {www.newmp.org.uk}.
          Easting
              436500
          Northing
              570100
          Grid Reference
              NZ436500570100
    Sources
              North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk T36.03