6 Grange Crescent , British Legion Office, flagpole
6 Grange Crescent , British Legion Office, flagpole
HER Number
              12006
          District
              Sunderland
          Site Name
              6 Grange Crescent , British Legion Office, flagpole
          Place
              Sunderland
          Map Sheet
              NZ35NE
          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
              There is a flagpole in a paved garden outside the British Legion Office. Set into the gravel at the foot of the flagpole are four square slabs each with a line from Lawrence Binyon's 'For the Fallen' poem: "THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE ARE LEFT TO GROW OLD"; "AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN"; AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING"; "WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM" {www.newmp.org.uk}.
          Easting
              439500
          Northing
              556300
          Grid Reference
              NZ439500556300
    Sources
              North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk S140.33