Memorial Details
Memorial
Mobile Library Witherington 1941 YMCA
Reference
S140.162
Place
SUNDERLAND
Original Location
Y.M.C.A. Centre, Fawcett Street.
Which war
1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Presentation performed by the Mayoress, Mrs. Myers Wayman, whose husband chaired the event. Dedicated by Rev. Canon E. Jackson, Rural Dean of Bishopwearmouth.
Memorial Description
Mobile Library
Names
(Sergt. Pilot Arthur John Witherington, R.A.F.V.R., 1941)
Who commissioned
Bought and equipped by Sgt. Witherington’s parents and brothers
Notes
1. The mobile library was presented to the YMCA for the use of HM Forces in Co. Durham. It was the third to operate in Co. Durham.
2. Mr. Arthur S. Witherington, father, was a member of Messrs. Witherington and Everett, shipowners, Newcastle.
3. Mr. Witherington was unable to be present at the ceremony to hand over the library, due to his wife’s illness. His cousin, Mr. Alan Bean, stood in for him.
4. See Every Name A Story
2. Mr. Arthur S. Witherington, father, was a member of Messrs. Witherington and Everett, shipowners, Newcastle.
3. Mr. Witherington was unable to be present at the ceremony to hand over the library, due to his wife’s illness. His cousin, Mr. Alan Bean, stood in for him.
4. See Every Name A Story
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Newcastle Evening Chronicle 20/11/1942 reports the proposed presentation. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Sunderland Echo 28/11/1942 reports the presentation. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Sunderland Echo 28/11/1942 reports the presentation. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall
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Mobile Library Witherington 1941 YMCA (S140.162)
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Every Name A Story
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