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War Memorial in Redheugh Gardens

A Grade II Listed Building in Headland, Hartlepool

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Latitude: 54.6958 / 54°41'44"N

Longitude: -1.1768 / 1°10'36"W

OS Eastings: 453152

OS Northings: 533729

OS Grid: NZ531337

Mapcode National: GBR NG74.0G

Mapcode Global: WHD6F.W7SG

Plus Code: 9C6WMRWF+87

Entry Name: War Memorial in Redheugh Gardens

Listing Date: 17 December 1985

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1263296

English Heritage Legacy ID: 432718

Also known as: Hartlepool War Memorial
The Unconquered Dead

ID on this website: 101263296

Location: Redheugh Gardens, Croft on Heugh, Hartlepool, County Durham, TS24

County: Hartlepool

Civil Parish: Headland

Built-Up Area: Hartlepool

Traditional County: Durham

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham

Church of England Parish: Hartlepool St Hilda

Church of England Diocese: Durham

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NZ 5333
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HARTLEPOOL
RADCLIFFE TERRACE (off north-east side),
Headland.

War Memorial in Redheugh Gardens

II

Memorial to civilians and servicemen killed in World War I; 1921, by Philip B. Bennison. Limestone, ashlar and rockfaced. Raked, stepped plinth to square, coursed, rockfaced pedestal with ashlar quoins at angles, roll-moulding at base and chamfered cornice. Square shaft supports a further pedestal, with chamfered plinth and cornice, surmounted by a draped bronze figure of Triumphant Youth. The four faces of the uppermost pedestal bear sculptured bronze achievements of arms, the seal of Hartlepool and a cartouche dated 1914. The east face of the shaft is inscribed: "FOR US THEY DIED"; west face: "LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND".


Listing NGR: NZ5315233729

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, 10 August 2017.

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