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D1Public sourceUpdated 25 May 2026

Sunderland War Memorial — Mowbray Park

Sunderland's war memorial in Mowbray Park — a column crowned by Victory, commemorating the fallen of both World Wars in this heavily-bombed shipbuilding town.

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Sunderland War Memorial — Mowbray Park
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Sunderland — one of the great shipbuilding towns of the North East, heavily bombed during the Second World War — remembers its dead at the war memorial in Mowbray Park, a tall column crowned by a figure of Victory bearing a wreath. It commemorates the fallen of both World Wars.

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What this page does not claim

  • This is the general civic war memorial of Sunderland (both World Wars), not a Soviet or convoy-specific memorial.
  • Names of individuals belong on archival surfaces, not this discovery record.
  • Endorsement by any named institution; the source is cited for documentary research only.

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