Carr-Ellison Park First World War Memorial

The memorial stands inside the Canning Street entrance to Carr-Ellison Park, at the first junction of drives leading around the park. It is circa 80m to the north-east of Hebburn Hall and the Church of St John (both Grade II-listed). The memorial comprises a stone plinth, rectangular on plan, raised on a three-stage base. Granite pillars on sandstone bases and with foliated capitals flank the plinth. The whole is topped with a cornice that once supported a statue.

Granite plaques to the front and rear of the plinth record the gift of the park as a war memorial. The principal dedicatory inscription to the front reads THE GREAT WAR/ THIS PARK WAS PRESENTED TO THE/ INHABITANTS OF HEBBURN BY/ COLONEL RALPH HENRY CARR-ELLISON C.M.G./ IN MEMORY OF THOSE HEBBURN MEN WHO/ LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE/ OF THEIR COUNTRY, AND AS A TOKEN OF/ GRATITUDE FOR THE SAFE RETURN OF HIS ONLY SON/ JOHN CAMPBELL CARR-ELLISON, LIEUT./ 1ST ROYAL DRAGOONS.

The inscription on the plaque to the rear reads THIS STONE WAS ERECTED BY THE/ HEBBURN URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL/ ON BEHALF OF THE INHABITANTS/ AS A TOKEN OF THEIR DEEP APPRECIATION/ OF/ COLONEL CARR-ELLISON’S/ MUNIFICENT GIFT./ JOHN BLACK/ CHAIRMAN/ JULY 1920.

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, 30 January 2018.