Photo: Tony Harding
“These colours of the 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion
of the Durham Light Infantry
were entrusted to the Rector and Wardens of
Bishopwearmouth Parish Church
on Sunday April 30th 1922
for safe keeping for all time
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Removed from the Church during reconstruction
and replaced on Sunday, January 12th 1936
Source: Monumental Inscriptions & Dedications within St. Michael & All Angels, Bishopwearmouth and the Gravestones in the Churchyard.
