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War
Memorials Elsewhere, - Sunderland, - South Hylton |
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The War Memorial for South Hylton
Photo : Google Earth
The War Memorial for South Hylton is located on Railway Terrace,
opposite the junction with Cambria Street.
When first erected there was no housing nearby. The memorial now effectively
sits in the front garden of a house on Railway Terrace, and is surrounded
by housing.
The memorial stands on a two-stepped base, surmounted by a tapering granite four-sided column. The upper section of the 6 o'clock face has a relief-carved sword, flanked by the dates 1914 1918; the middle section is inscribed with two columns of First World War commemorations (in black upper-case lettering). The lower section has a relief-carved wreath and scroll; beneath that, the upper step is inscribed 'THE GREAT WAR'. The 3 o'clock face of the memorial bears the Second World War dates and a single column of names. The memorial stands within a small area, surrounded by a low brick wall and black wrought-iron railings.
44 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War, and 23 in the Second World War. A transcription of the names is given on the Imperial War Museum's Register of War Memorials website.
1 soldier who served in the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on the South Hylton War Memorial.
Lance Corporal Anthony Henderson Stothard. 16522. 2nd
Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Priscilla Stothard, of South
Hylton, Sunderland. Killed 9 May 1916. Aged 27.
Born South Hylton, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Hendon.
Buried ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN.
(CWGC register lists A H Stothard as a Private; GH Gazette database lists
him as L/Cpl).
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