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Plaque 1939-45 St. Oswald

Reference

D47.051

Place

DURHAM

Map ref

NZ 275419

Original Location

St. Oswald�s Church, Church Street. Beneath the west window

Which war

1939-45

Memorial Description

Plaque, very plain, with single line border edge. The names are listed in three columns. The lettering is in blue Roman capitals.

Materials used

Grey marble

Inscription

These gave their lives / for King and Country / 1939-1945.
May they rest in peace.

Names

27 full names.
See transcript.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Simon Raine; James Pasby

Source of quotation:
�May they rest in peace� Mass for the Dead.

External web link

Durham at War

Research acknowledgements

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale

Research In Progress

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Plaque 1939-45 St. Oswald (D47.051)

DURHAM  St. Oswald’s Church

   These gave their lives

   for King and Country

   1939-1945.

   Stanley Allan         Walter Herdman     Oswald Pigg

   Richard Blakeborough  Harry Hopper       George Reacher

   Wilfred Blakeborough  Jonathan Horner    Richard Robinson

   Thomas Cash           Ernest Hultquist   Kenneth Smith

   Gordon Davison        John Knight        Thomas Thew

   Harry Devine          Don Newnham        Emrys Thomas

   Alexander Dunn        Arthur Nattrass    Eric Watson

   Henry Gleason         Kenneth Nixon      Eric West

   Uriah Hallas          Thomas Palmer      Matthew West

   +  May they rest in peace  +

NamesD47.051

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