Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque Wood 1944 Bus shelter
Reference
C34.01
Place
CHOLLERFORD
Map ref
921701
Original Location
Bus shelter by roadside. Junction of A6709 / B6318.
Which war
1939-45
Memorial Description
Stone built bus shelter, with a slate roof, situated on an area of grass just off the cross roads. The plaque is on the rear inside wall. There is a stone floor and below the plaque is a wooden bench. The plaque is of dressed stone with lettering incised using black sans serif capitals.
Materials used
Stone
Inscription
Captain W. Angus Wood M.C. R.A.
of Brunton House
France & Belgium - 1940
Egypt & Libya 1941-42
Italy - 1943
Normandy - 1944
Killed in action at Niemegen
25th September 1944
Names
See above
Present condition
Although in reasonable condition, there are some graffiti to the face of the plaque. The general condition of the shelter is good, but slightly weathered, and containing bird dirt.
Notes
1. The only other instance of a plaque in a bus shelter erected in the north east was at Waldridge near Chester-le-Street. That bus shelter was demolished and the plaque placed in the local parish rooms.
2. See Every Name A Story
2. See Every Name A Story
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: J. Brown; Errol Broomfield; Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall
Research acknowledgements
Errol Broomfield
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