Memorial Details
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Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 St. Luke
Reference
D40.051
Place
DARLINGTON
Map ref
NZ
Original Location
St. Luke’s Church. On the south wall.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled and dedicated 8th February 1920 by the Bishop of Durham
Memorial Description
Plaque
Materials used
White marble
Inscription
To the memory of all the British sailors and soldiers who fell in the Great War 1914-1918 and more especially of the following men of this church.
Right is Might.
Right is Might.
Names
Present condition
Possibly destroyed.
Notes
1. This church amalgamated with St. Matthew in 1978. St. Luke's closed 01/11/1979. The building is now a Pentecostal Church.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Darlington and Stockton Times 14/02/1920 reports unveiling.
Northern Echo 09/02/1920
Source of quotation
Right is might: John Oxenham in his book “All’s Well”
Northern Echo 09/02/1920
Source of quotation
Right is might: John Oxenham in his book “All’s Well”
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders
Research In Progress
Stephen Nicholson is researching the names on this memorial
Contact: nicholson_stephen2@sky.com
Contact: nicholson_stephen2@sky.com
Plaque 1914-18 St. Luke (D40.051)
DARLINGTON St. Luke’s Church.
The layout of this is not known.
The following has been extracted from a newspaper report and has not been compared with the original nor with a photograph.
To the memory of
all the British sailors and soldiers
who fell in the Great War 1914-1918
and more especially of the following
men of this church.
Thomas Aiston
Henry Armitage
William Dobson
John Beason Mann
Thomas Cecil Stainby
John Marshall Simpson
Albert Edward Foxton
Edwin Maurice Ward
William Ward
Edwin Young
“Right is Might”
NamesD40.51
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