Description

REDCAR REDCAR LANE
NZ 62 SW
west side.
5/84 War Memorial, in grounds
of Sir William Turner's
Sixth Form College
- II

War memorial, 1922 by Jas. Taggart, sculptor (Aberdeen). Red granite.
Celtic cross and shaft on plain tapered pedestal with rockfaced, rusticated
and stepped plinth. East face of cross and shaft carved with Celtic
interlace and medallion ornament in plain border. Inscription, with applied
metal lettering, on east face of pedestal:

"IN MEMORY OF THE OLD BOYS OF THIS SCHOOL
WHO DIED SERVING THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
MEN WORTHY OF ALL THEY LEARNED HERE
AND AN EXAMPLE TO THOSE WHO COME AFTER THEM".
The names of the fallen are listed below. Name of sculptor similarly
inscribed on north side of plinth. Originally erected at the former Sir
William Turner's Grammar School, Coatham Road, Redcar. Moved here 1975.

Listing NGR: NZ6085823044

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, 7 February 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26614891

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)