Memorial Details
Memorial
Book of Remembrance 1939-45 St. Aidan
Reference
C107.05
Place
CHILTON
Map ref
2829
Original Location
St. Aidan’s Church, on A167 Durham Road South of Ferryhill.
Which war
1939-1945
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
1948
Memorial Description
Book of Remembrance, 10 inches high x 7 inches wide, bound in red leather with the title tooled in red and gold. The names are handwritten on four parchment pages, using black ink with red initials. They are listed according to the month in which they died. At intervals on each page is a tiny oak leaf.
The book is contained in a case 1 foot 6 inches wide x 1 foot deep with sloping glass top. The words “In Remembrance 1939-1945” are carved along the front.
The book is contained in a case 1 foot 6 inches wide x 1 foot deep with sloping glass top. The words “In Remembrance 1939-1945” are carved along the front.
Materials used
Parchment, leather bound book. Oak case.
Inscription
Book of / Remembrance / 1939-1945 / Laus Deo / Remembering / before God / those of this parish / who gave their lives in the / Second World War 1939-1945 / The Stained Glass / in the east end of the / Church is placed there in proud / & honoured memory of the men / whose names are herein written.
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Written and illustrated by C.A. Howard for Messrs. J. Wippell and Co. Ltd., Exeter.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall
External web link
Research acknowledgements
C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Book of Remembrance 1939-45 St. Aidan (C107.05)
CHILTON St. Aidan’s Church
Book of
Remembrance
1939-1945
Remembering
before God
those of this parish
who gave their lives in the
Second World War 1939-1945
The Stained Glass
in the East end of the
Church is placed there in proud
& honoured memory of the men
whose names are herein written.
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Page 1
W. Neasham 1 Jan. 1943
E. Leighton 12 Jan. 1941
A. Davies 13 Jan. 1944
Raymond Laverick 15 Jan. 1944
E.B. Greenwell 19 Jan. 1945
Ritchie Laverick 25 Jan. 1942
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Page 2
J. McGowan 21 Jan. 1944
D. Levitt 29 Jan. 1945
T.H. Jackson 12 Feb. 1943
R. Pearson 24 Feb. 1943
T. Curley 1942
J.B. Kelly 1 March 1940
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Page 3
R. Phillips 1 March 1945
J. Dickinson 13 March 1941
W. Edmunds 21 March 1944
L.A. Hewitt 19 April 1944
R. Farnaby 27 April 1941
G.E. Smedley 29 April 1944
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Page 4
R. Hughes 1942
G.E. Parkin 7 May 1942
W.F. Bryce 20 May 1942
S.S. Pratt 22 May 1941
D.T. Boycott 6 June 1942
G.O. Hunter 8 June 1943
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Page 5
O.N. Stewart 15 June 1944
H. Cullum 17 June 1943
T. Raine 16 July 1943
L. Ridley 1944
J. Atterby 3 Aug. 1944
J. Aspey 10 Aug. 1944
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Page 6
E.W. Hedley 12 Sept.1942
J. Calland 13 Sept.1944
T.H. Race 30 Sept. 1940
R. Thompson 9 Oct. 1943
E. Savory 23 Oct. 1941
J. Neesam Date unknown
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Page 7
F. Etherington 8 Nov. 1942
J.W. Robson 11 Nov. 1943
J.M. Vitty 19 Dec. 1944
J. Dixon 25 Dec. 1943
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Written & Illuminated
by C.A. Howard for
Messrs. J. Wippell & Co.Ltd.
of Exeter. January, 1948.
LAUS DEO.
NamesC107.05
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Parish Notes
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