War Memorial And Dwarf Walls, Steps And Piers Surrounding

WHITLEY BAY THE LINKS (east side, off NZ 37 SE 5/179 War Memorial and dwarf walls, steps and piers surrounding. G.V. II War Memorial. Circa 1919. Granite memorial with bronze decoration and plaques; granite piers. Tall tapered square column. Bronze wreath decoration beneath Scotia-moulded and banded coping. 3 bronze plaques on projecting panels on each face of base bear names of dead of both world wars and commemorate building of memorial paid for by £7,000 public subscription and £1,000 from local authority funds; 90% of endowment fund for dependants of dead. Dwarf walls and semi-circular steps; flat-coped circular walls on east and west and 3 steps on north and south; low square piers flank steps. 20 tapered square piers in outer circle formerly held chain.

Listing NGR: NZ3540472800

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, 8 February 2017.