Paid for with 'shilling' donations, Newcastle's monument honours lives lost in conflicts.
Commemorations have been held at Newcastle's War Memorial to mark its centenary.
Representatives of the armed forces and veterans came together to mark the centenary and remember those who lost their lives in the First World War and conflicts since. At the top of the 32ft high memorial is a bronze statue of St George on horseback slaying a dragon, which was sculpted by Royal Academy-taught artist Charles Leonard Hartwell.
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