Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 St. John
Reference
L70.02
Place
LYNESACK
Map ref
NZ 091261
Original Location
Church of St. John the Evangelist, Grewburn Lane. North wall of nave.
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Plaque. There is a wide border in which names have been added at the bottom. On the main panel, at top left and right are the St. George’s flag and the Union flag each set in a laurel wreath and enamelled in the requisite colours. Between them the names are listed in two columns, and are carried on in three columns below this, the columns being separated by a patterned upright divider. All the lettering is in raised Roman capitals.
Materials used
Brass
Inscription
Lynesack and Woodland / To the glory of God and in honoured memory of / (names) / who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War 1914-1918.
Names
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo: Simon Raine
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
The People’s History – Gaunless Valley, Tom Hutchinson has a photo of the exterior of the church.
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
The People’s History – Gaunless Valley, Tom Hutchinson has a photo of the exterior of the church.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; Dorothy Hall; John and Mavis Dixon
Research In Progress
Paul Simpson is researching these names. Contact: pwsimpson@live.co.uk
Plaque 1914-18 St. John (L70.02)
LYNESACK St. John’s Church.
Lynesack and Woodland
To the glory of God and in honoured memory of
Ralph Anderson James Albert Bennett
Fred Atkinson Cornelius Brown
Thomas Wm. Alderson Tho. Christopher Clark
John James Bell Thomas Watson Crosse
Nixon Dent John Percival Jackson Stanley Robinson
Andrew Dixon Ernest Victor Lowes John Thomas Rose
John George Gargett Charles Ewd. Lowther Morris Sewell
John Walton Gill William Lowther Percival Cade Stephenson
Thomas Gowland Thomas Wm. Morton Thomas Wm. Stephenson
Ernest Wm. Hebdon Thomas Newton Bertie Sowerby
John Hepple James Priestley Frederick Thompson
George Bryan Hodgson Harry Readman George Henry Waters
Ralph Hodgson Bert Robinson Richard Yole
Who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War 1914-1918
On frame below
Leonard Appleby George Andrew Dickson John William Spence.
NamesL70.02
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Parish Notes
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