War Memorials Elsewhere, - Whickham (Tyne and Wear)

The War Memorial for Whickham (Tyne and Wear)
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The War Memorial for Whickham (Tyne and Wear) is on Church Green, off Front Street (the B6317).

The memorial is in the form of a granite column mounted on a pedestal.

64 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War and 37 in the Second World War. The Lost Ancestors website has a transcription of all the names on the memorial.

One soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on the memorial.

Private Robert Arthur Mann. 204740. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 7 October 1917.
Born Whickham (Durham), Enlisted Gateshead, Resided Whickham.
Commemorated on Panel 52 to 54 and 162A on the TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

The Whickham War Memorial on Church Green, Whickham
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