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Swalwell War Memorial and Church
The war memorial was unveiled on Easter Monday 1919 by the Earl of Durham and several hundred people attended the opening. The memorial was rededicated on 9 November 1952 by Lord Lawson of Beamish, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Durham, when the names of those who fell in the Second World War were unveiled.
The Town gate showing
the War memorial in its
original position at left.
Notice that the war
memorial has been
moved from its original
site where road to the
B & Q store is now located.