There used to be a wooden plaque on the fence at the corner of Front Street facing Manor Road. It was unveiled on 17th November 1918. The plaque has five panels. The centre panel had a pedimented top and a cross above it. There was a picture called 'Remembrance' of a grieving woman beside a wreath beneath the pediment. The names were on the other four panels. The plaque was fastened to railings and had a canopy over it. The wooden plaque was replaced by the cenotaph in 1938 (HER 7333) {www.newmp.org.uk}.

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}.

A sandstone obelisk with a carved flag and acorn leaves. "TO THE MEMORY OF PRIVATE WILLIAM FINLAY OF SWALWELL WHO SO NOBLY RISKED HIS LIFE TO SAVE A COMRADE WHICH DEED WON FOR HIM THE D.C.M ON FEBRAURY 27TH 1916. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON MARCH 2ND 1916. ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF SWALWELL".

Large freestone plinth with a short column on top and an urn of fire. On three sides there are painted scenes of 'The First Parting', 'Night Raid from the trenches' and 'The awakening from Death to Life' set behind glass in copper frames. The dedication is on the fourth side: "IN MEMORY OF PTE. JOHN W. GALLON WHO DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION" there are also 84 names of Dunston men. The monument was commissioned by Cllr and Mrs G.E. Gallon of Victoria House, Dunston. The sculptor was H.S. Turner of Gateshead. The painter was John Taylor of Dunston.

The original bronze war memorial plaque, 3 feet 9 inches x 2 feet, had a laurel wreath and cross at the top and listed 79 names. "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918". This was erected in a niche in the exterior wall at the north end of the church in 1921. The bronze panel became damaged when it was wrenched off the church by vandals in October 1989. It was found by road maintenance workers close by, repaired, and is now placed in the church porch. A new sandstone plaque was erected on 1st November 1992. "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF ALL THOSE FROM THIS PARISH WHO HAVE DIED AS A RESULT OF WAR. THE ORIGINAL MEMORIAL IS NOW PLACED IN THE CHURCH PORCH".

On left side of entrance to recreation ground in the grass. Originally in the Miners Union Hall on Roker Avenue. The memorial was later moved to Wearmouth Colliery and placed outside the canteen. Then it was moved here. It was unveiled at the Miners Union Hall in March 1921. It is a marble horizontal plaque (2 feet 4 inches x 4 feet 9 inches) on a brick base 2 feet 10 inches high. The 173 names are in five columns. "PRO PATRIA. ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE MINERS OF WEARMOUTH COLLIERY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919".

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.

First and Second World War Memorial

Lists 200 names.

This war memorial was formerly on the South Tyneside local list, but was listed Grade II in 2016 with the following description:
'The memorial was unveiled on 22 January 1922 by the vicar, Reverend TP Williams. It had been built by local ex-servicemen under the instruction of local sculptor, Thomas Curry. It commemorates 182 men who died in the First World War. The name of one man who was shot for desertion in 1918 was added in 1999.
The memorial stands on the verge at the corner of Dean Road and South Eldon Street. St Mary’s Church had stood to the rear until it was demolished. The Heworth Stone memorial, c4.5m tall, takes the form of a Celtic cross rising from a tapering plinth. The plinth stands on a base that is reached from the pavement by a rake of stone steps to the front.
The front face of the cross is ornamented with a reversed sword carved in low relief. The commemorated names are carved into the faces of the plinth, whilst the principal dedicatory inscription is recorded at the foot of the plinth. This reads TO THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD & IN GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ & CONGREGATION WHO FELL BY SEA, LAND AND AIR IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918.'