Redheugh Gardens War Memorial

Redheugh Gardens War Memorial
Hartlepool Borough Council
For Civilians and servicemen killed in World War I
Unveiled17 December 1921
Location54°41′45″N 1°10′36″W / 54.6958°N 1.1768°W / 54.6958; -1.1768
Hartlepool, County Durham, England
Designed byPhilip Bennison
East face: "FOR US THEY DIED";
west face: "LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND".

Redheugh Gardens War Memorial or Hartlepool War Memorial is a World War I and World War II memorial located in the Headlands of Hartlepool, County Durham, England. It commemorates Hartlepool military servicemen and civilians who lost their lives in both wars – with specific mention of the first British soldiers to have died on British soil during 16 December 1914 Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby of World War I. In 2001 a plaque was unveiled to memorialise 240 men and women who succumbed from 1919 to 1967 during war and conflict.

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