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Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Jubilee Methodist

Reference

D47.032

Place

DURHAM

Original Location

Jubilee Methodist Chapel which was demolished and stood about 200 yards away in North Road.

Present Location

North Road Methodist Church. On the landing wall of the front stairs. Opposite D47.30 and D47.31.

Which war

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Memorial Description

Plaque with lined border. It is in two parts, the lower part for 1939-45 being made to match the upper part for 1914-18 and the whole mounted onto a wood surround with shelf underneath. The names are listed in a single column. The lettering is in elaborate serif upper and lower case.

Materials used

Brass on wood panel.

Inscription

a. This tablet / is erected in / grateful memory of / the following members / of this congregation / who sacrificed / their lives in the / European War / 1914-1918.
Lest we forget.
b. Also / World War / 1939-1945

Names

a. 6 names and regiments.
b. 2 names and regiments.
See transcript.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Simon Raine; James Pasby

Source of quotation:
�Lest we forget� Recessional Rudyard Kipling.

External web link

Durham at War

Research acknowledgements

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale

Research In Progress

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Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Jubilee Methodist (D47.032)

     This tablet

     is erected in

     grateful memory of

     the following members

     of this congregation

     who sacrificed

     their lives in the

     European War

     1914-1918.

     William H. Butterworth   5th Batt. D.L.I.

     Hugh Hodgson             3rd Batt. D.L.I.

     William Jackson          8th Batt. D.L.I.

     James A. Robson          Royal Engineers

     John Wade                3rd Batt. D.L.I.

     Robert Yule              19th Batt. D.L.I.

      “Lest we forget”

     ----------------------------------------

     Also

     World War

     1939-1945

     John Bowe                R.A.F.

     William Oswald White     R.A.F.

NamesD47.032

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