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Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Ambulance Brigade

Reference

H132.15

Place

HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING

Original Location

Ambulance Room, Houghton Colliery

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled 4th November 1922 by Mr. Austin Kirkup; dedicated by Rev. S.K. Knight, Rector

Memorial Description

Plaque 5 feet3 inches x 3 feet 9 inches. There are two Union flags at the top, and St. John emblems at the sides.

Materials used

Bronze on oak pattress.

Inscription

St. John Ambulance Association. This tablet is erected by the members of the above Association in memory of their comrades who made the supreme sacrifice and in honour of those who served their King and Country in the Great War 1914-1918.

Names

85 members who fell, including 4 names of those who fell.
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Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Durham Chronicle 10/11/1922 reports unveiling.

Auckland and County Chronicle 09/11/1922 reports unveiling

Durham County Advertiser 10/11/1922

Sunderland Echo 06/11/1922

External web link

Durham at War

Research acknowledgements

Dorothy Hall; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale

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Plaque 1914-18 Ambulance Brigade (H132.15)

The layout of this memorial is not known.

The following has been extracted from a newspaper

report and has not been compared with the original

nor with a good photograph.

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The names of all 81 others who served were not given

in the newspaper report and are needed.

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   St. John Ambulance Association.

   This tablet is erected by the members

   of the above Association in memory of

   their comrades who made the supreme sacrifice

   and in honour of those who served

   their King and Country

   in the Great War 1914-1918.

      Those who fell:

      R. Rippon

      W. Oxley

      J.D. King

      H. Gould

NamesH132.15

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