Memorial Details
Memorial
Headstone 1914-18 1939-45 St. Catherine's Churchyard
Reference
F39.03
Place
FISHBURN
Map ref
3631
Original Location
St. Catherine’s Churchyard
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
? November 1986
Memorial Description
Grave plot 77 inches long x 58 inches wide, furnished with green pebbles. Headstone 29 inches high x 55 inches wide x 2 inches thick with surrounding kerb.
The dedication and names are carried on the headstone, the names in two columns. All lettering is incised with lead insert, The dedication is in Romancapitals and the names in sans serif capitals.
On the front of the kerb are the words “Lest We Forget” incised in Roman capitals.
The dedication and names are carried on the headstone, the names in two columns. All lettering is incised with lead insert, The dedication is in Romancapitals and the names in sans serif capitals.
On the front of the kerb are the words “Lest We Forget” incised in Roman capitals.
Materials used
White marble
Inscription
To the glory of God / and in memory of men from Fishburn / who fell in two World Wars / (names) 1914-1918 1939-1945 /
Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget
Names
Who commissioned
Royal British Legion
Cost
£196.7s
Present condition
Restored October 1986.
Notes
1. Erected obviously after 1945 and restored 9th October 1986.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; Simon Raine; James Pasby
Durham Record Office Correspondence and plan D/X 1087/1-6
Source of quotation
“Lest we forget” : "Recessional" Rudyard Kipling.
Durham Record Office Correspondence and plan D/X 1087/1-6
Source of quotation
“Lest we forget” : "Recessional" Rudyard Kipling.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders; Fishburn L.H.S.
Research In Progress
The WW1 names have been researched. See Every Name a Story
Headstone 1914-18 1939-45 St. Catherine's Churchyard (F39.03)
FISHBURN, St. Catherine’s Churchyard
To the glory of God
and in memory of men from Fishburn
who fell in two World Wars
James Gaffney Robert Binks
Frederick Jackson Frank Foley
Adamson Coltman Thomas Hilder
Allen Coltman Joseph Morgan
John Cummings Edward Pike
Joseph Cockfield Raymond Robson
Frederick Hirst Richard Swainson
George Kirton Keeran Slowe
Joseph Robinson William Whitfield
Robert Ruddick
George Swainson
1914-1918 1939-1945
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At foot of kerbstone
Lest We Forget
NamesF39.03
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