Description

WHITLEY BAY THE LINKS (east side, off
NZ 37 SE
5/179 War Memorial and dwarf walls,
steps and piers surrounding.
G.V.
II
War Memorial. Circa 1919. Granite memorial with bronze decoration and plaques;
granite piers. Tall tapered square column. Bronze wreath decoration beneath
Scotia-moulded and banded coping. 3 bronze plaques on projecting panels on each
face of base bear names of dead of both world wars and commemorate building of
memorial paid for by £7,000 public subscription and £1,000 from local authority
funds; 90% of endowment fund for dependants of dead. Dwarf walls and
semi-circular steps; flat-coped circular walls on east and west and 3 steps
on north and south; low square piers flank steps. 20 tapered square piers in
outer circle formerly held chain.

Listing NGR: NZ3540472800

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 8 February 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26586997

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