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Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 St. Columba

Reference

S130.15

Place

SOUTHWICK

Map ref

NZ 389585

Original Location

St. Columba’s Church, Cornhill Road. On north wall.

Present Location

Holy Trinity Church Southwick

Which war

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Memorial Description

Plaque (18 inches wide x 24 inches high) set inside a moulded wood frame. At the top are the words “Roll of Honour” below which are the dates of the two Great Wars, set on each side of a red cross. Names are listed in three columns, using Roman capitals throughout.

Materials used

Brass in oak frame.

Inscription

Roll of Honour / 1914-1918 + 1939-1945 / The Parish of St. Columba’s, Southwick
Lest We Forget

Names

68 full names.
The list does not identify those from each war.
See transcript

Notes

1. A plaque (7 inches wide x 4 inches high) beside the memorial reads:-

This War Memorial is given in loving memory of Alfred Lesley Rawlings 1920 -1980 Barbara Bryson Rawlings 1917 - 2005 Deo Gratis

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Alan Vickers; Dorothy Hall

External web link

Durham at War

Research acknowledgements

Alan Vickers

Research In Progress

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Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 St. Columba (S130.15)

 
SOUTHWICK St. Columba’s Church
  
  Roll of Honour
  1914-1918      +     1939-1945
  The Parish of St. Columba’s, Southwick
  
  John Aichinson          John Downes           William Nicklin
  John Bambrough          Davison Dryden        Louis Pollock
  Roy Barkes              Afred Eley            George William Pritchard
  John Baxter             Thomas Elliott Evans  Arthur Randolph
  Arthur Bell             William Fisher        William Roberts
  Jack Bennett            Jonathan Fleming      David Robson
  James Bennett           Michael Green         Robert Robson
  David Brack             Wyndham  Greenwood    John Roe
  Frank Brack             Robert Grimes         Christopher Sirmond
  John Stafford Brannigan Rupert Hallows        Albert Smith
  Edward Burdon           Thomas  Hepple        Thomas Stevenson
  Norman Cartwright       Ernest Herbert        Charles Teasdale          
  Stephen Corner          Albert Irwin          Henry Teasdale
  Henry Cowie             Edwin Jackson         Timothy Teasdale
  John Cowie              Frederick Jennings    William Teasdale
  Joseph Cowie            William Kisbey        Ralph Thornley
  David Craig             Edward Lunn           Arthur Tilley
  George Crow             Thomas Middleton      Robert Tones
  John Ditch              Raymond Milburn       James Tracry
  William Dobson          David Miller          Thomas Wales
  William Douglas         Fred Mills            Charles Walton
  Andrew Downes           Edward Moss           Frank Womack
                                                Thomas Henry Wood
                                                John Young
  Lest We Forget
NamesS130.15

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