Just behind the Memorial Wall in Sunderland’s Mowbray Park lies a Veterans’ Walk.

Veteran’s Walk Plaque:-

Veteran’s Walk information notice:-

An additional curiosity in the park is this statue of a walrus beside the pond:-

Between Sunderland War Memorial and Mowbray Park a memorial wall has been erected to commemorate those who have served in conflicts since the Second World War and to honour Sunderland’s post-World War 2 fallen.

The first section commemorates non-combat deaths in war:-

The rest of the wall is a sobering reminder of the many conflicts in which British soldiers have lost their lives since 1945.

Palestine and India:-

Malaya and the Cold War:-

Korea and the Canal Zone:-

Kenya and Cyprus:-

Aden, Radfan and Suez:-

Borneo, Northern Ireland and Oman Dhofar:-

Falkland Islands and Gulf War:-

Bosnia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone:-

Afghanistan and Iraq, plus Ode of Remembrance:-

Sunderland’s War Memorial lies just off the road which runs past Mowbray Park. It’s a granite column topped by a bronze figure of Victory. The dedication is, “”A tribute to our glorious dead.”

Its west aspect bears the Great War dedication, 1914-1918:-

From north:-

From east. Second World War dedication, 1939-1945:-

In the Park, near to the Memorial is a Memorial bench:-