Hebburn, Carr Ellison Park, WW1 monument

A flat-topped granite monument on two steps with pillars at either side, a plaque on the front which reads: "THE GREAT WAR/ THIS PARK WAS PRESENTED TO THE INHABITANTS OF HEBBURN BY COLONEL RALPH HENRY CARR-ELLISON C.M.C. IN MEMORY OF THOSE HEBBURN MEN WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY, AND AS A TOKEN OF GRATITUDE FOR THE SAFE RETURN OF HIS ONLY SON JOHN CAMPBELL CARR-ELLISON, LIEUT. 1ST ROYAL DRAGOONS" and on the rear "THIS STONE WAS ERECTED BY THE HEBBURN URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF THE INHABITANTS AS A TOKEN OF THEIR DEEP APPRECIATION OF COL. CARR-ELLISON'S MUNIFICENT GIFT JOHN BLACK, JULY 1920, CHAIRMAN".