Memorial Details
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Memorial
Plaque Firth 1901 V.C. Swalwell Board Schools
Reference
S85.07
Place
SWALWELL
Original Location
Swalwell Board Schools
Present Location
Not known. School demolished.
Which war
1899-1901
Memorial Description
Plaque
Inscription
(Dedicated to Sgt. James Firth, V.C.)
Names
See above
Who commissioned
Swalwell Board Schools
Notes
1. "It has been decided to place a tablet in the Swalwell Board Schools to perpetuate the memory of the gallant deeds of Sergeant James Firth, a former pupil at the school, upon whom was recently conferred the V.C. for valour on the battlefield."
See: Every Name A Story
See: Every Name A Story
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Sunderland Echo 25/6/1901 carries the sentence in Note 1 above.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
James Pasby
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Plaque Firth 1901 V.C. Swalwell Board Schools (S85.07)
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Every Name A Story
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