Memorial - PALMER SHIPBUILDING AND IRON WORKS
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Description
"....FRONT FACE: DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FROM JARROW/ 1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945/ ERECTED BY/ THE DIRECTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS OF/ PALMERS SHIPBUILDING & IRON COMPANY LIMITED/ TO RECORD THEIR APPRECIATION/ OF THE PATRIOTISM OF 1543 MEN/ FROM THEIR JARROW AND HEBBURN WORKS/ IN JOINING HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES FOR SERVICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 AND IN GRATEFUL AND HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO MADE THE GREAT SACRIFICE/FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND WHOSE NAMES/ ARE INSCRIBED ON THE MONUMENT./ SO THEY GAVE THEIR BODIES TO THE/ COMMONWEALTH AND RECEIVED EACH/ FOR HIS MEMORY PRAISE THAT WILL/ NEVER DIE AND WITH IT THE NOBLEST/ SEPULCHRE - NOT THE SPOT WHERE/ THIER BONES ARE LAID, BUT A PLACE/ IN THE MINDS OF MEN OTHER FACES: (NAMES) BASE, REAR SIDE: NAMES ADDED AFTER COMPLETION OF CENOTAPH/ (NAMES)...." -
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War Memorials Register -
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Further information
Link: https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/34488
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Added by: Simon Cotterill
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