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Plaque 1914-18 St. John

Reference

G52.02

Place

GREATHAM

Map ref

NZ492276

Original Location

Church of St. John the Baptist. Parish Row, Greatham.

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled 16th July 1922 by the Archdeacon of Auckland

Memorial Description

Plaque 1 foot 2 inches high x 1 foot 8 inches wide (355mm x 508mm) of grey marble on black marble pattress 4 inches wider. There is a moulded edge and a single line black border. The names are listed in two columns, divided by a vertical line, all lettering is in Roman lower case.

Materials used

Marble

Inscription

To the glory of God and in Grateful Memory of the / men of this parish who gave their lives in the Great War / 1914-1918

Names

13 full names.
See transcript.

Cost

�140 inc. cross in churchyard.

How money was raised

Public subscription.

Notes

1. A Diocesan Faculty was granted for a Memorial Chapel after 1914-18 and reapplied for in 1939-45.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Simon Raine; C. Sanders

Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail 17/07/1922 reports unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)

Diocese of Durham Faculty 1070, issued 31/05/1922

External web link

The History of Greatham Church

Durham at War

Research acknowledgements

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; John and Mavis Dixon; C. Sanders

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Plaque 1914-18 St. John (G52.02)

GREATHAM   St. John the Baptist Church

   To The Glory of God And in Grateful Memory of The

   Men of This Parish Who Gave Their Lives in The Great War

   1914-1918

   Rowland T. Casebourne   John W. Tinkler

   T. Mark Smith           Thomas W. Coltman

   John C. Fleet           John Webster

   Ralph Watson            Arthur Crowe

   Charles Thornton        William H. Foster

   James C. Plumpton       George Lyon

   William Young.

NamesG52.02

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