Memorial Details
Memorial
Door and Plaque 1939-45 St. John
Reference
G52.03
Place
GREATHAM
Map ref
NZ492276
Original Location
Church of St. John the Baptist. Parish Row, Greatham
Which war
1939-45
Memorial Description
Door to the vestry. There are three panels to the door, in which the veneer is symmetrically placed. At the top of each panel is mounted a badge of the Army, Navy and Royal Air Force.
The plaque is 2 feet high x 3 feet long. It has a narrow double incised border outlining the central panel. The names are listed two on each line Roman capitals.
The plaque is 2 feet high x 3 feet long. It has a narrow double incised border outlining the central panel. The names are listed two on each line Roman capitals.
Materials used
Oak door, marble plaque.
Inscription
The oak door to the vestry was given / in proud memory of those members of / the parish of Greatham who gave their / lives in the World War 1939-1945 and / whose names are inscribed below.
Names
Notes
1. The names are the same as those on the cross in the churchyard.
2. A Diocesan Faculty was granted for a Memorial Chapel after 1914-18 and reapplied for in 1939-45
2. 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
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders; John and Mavis Dixon
Research In Progress
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Door and Plaque 1939-45 St. John (G52.03)
GREATHAM : St. John the Baptist Church
The oak door to the vestry was given
in proud memory of those members of
the parish of Greatham who gave their
lives in the World War 1939-1945 and
whose names are inscribed below.
William Allison Joseph Armstrong
William Dowsing John Fenny
Samuel Fleet John Furness
John Herbert Daniel McNally
Ernest Mitchell Ronald Procter
Thomas Thompson Ralph Thorpe
Digby Wilkinson
NamesG52.03
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Parish Notes
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