War Memorials Elsewhere, - Eighton Banks (Tyne-and-Wear)

The War Memorial for Eighton Banks
Photo : Norman Cummings (<norman_cummings@hotmail.co.uk>)

The War Memorial for Eighton Banks is in the churchyard of St. Thomas, Eighton Banks.

The memorial is a Celtic cross, and carries the names of 77 men from the First World War on the four faces at the base of the cross. The Imperial War Museum database of War memorials incorrectly states that three faces commemorate 58 men who died in the First World War, and 19 in the Second World War. This is incorrect, - there are no names from the Second World War on the commemorative panels.

The dedications on the memorial are;-

and

In Grateful Memory of
The Men Of This Parish Who Gave Their Lives
In The World War Of 1939-1945.
We will remember them.

One soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on this memorial.

All photos are by Norman Cummings (<norman_cummings@hotmail.co.uk>).

Private Isaac Lowery. 39164. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of W. Lowery, of Gowland Square, Wrekenton, Gateshead-on-Tyne. Killed 4 April 1917.
Born Kimblesworth (Durham), Enlisted Gateshead, Resided Wrekenton.
Buried DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN.

Names on the War Memorial for Eighton Banks (1)
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Names on the War Memorial for Eighton Banks (2)
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Names on the War Memorial for Eighton Banks (3)
Photo : Norman Cummings (<norman_cummings@hotmail.co.uk>

Names on the War Memorial for Eighton Banks (4), including that of Private Lowery
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St. Thomas's Church, Eighton Banks, and the Eighton Banks War Memorial
Photo : Norman Cummings (<norman_cummings@hotmail.co.uk>)

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