Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque Royal British Legion 1939-45 St. Cuthbert
Reference
M34.02
Place
MARLEY HILL
Map ref
NZ 204581
Original Location
St. Cuthbert’s Parish Church, St. Cuthbert’s Road.
Present Location
Moved to the rear of the church in order to have all memorials together.
Which war
1939-45
Memorial Description
Plaque, 2 feet high x 2 feet 6 inches wide, rectangular with scrolled top and curved bottom resting on a pattress which echoes the shape. At centre top, between the scroll ends, is the badge of the British Legion carved in half relief. The names are on the main part of the panel, outlined by a single line raised border using raised sans serif capitals.
Materials used
Bronze
Inscription
1939-1945
They died that we might live.
They died that we might live.
Names
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Ron Carson; Mr. & Mrs. M. Garfoot, Sunniside Local History Society
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
The People’s History (The Turnpike Road) F.G. Newman and Sunniside Local History Society, Tempus Publishing Ltd; 1997, Reprint 2004 page 49
Source of quotation:
“They died that we might live”: From the poem “Hail! and Farewell!” by John Oxenham
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
The People’s History (The Turnpike Road) F.G. Newman and Sunniside Local History Society, Tempus Publishing Ltd; 1997, Reprint 2004 page 49
Source of quotation:
“They died that we might live”: From the poem “Hail! and Farewell!” by John Oxenham
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Ron Carson; Errol Broomfield; Mr. and Mrs. Garfoot, Sunniside Local History Society; Dorothy Hall; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale
Research In Progress
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Plaque Royal British Legion 1939-45 St. Cuthbert (M34.02)
MARLEY HILL St. Cuthbert’s Parish Church
1939 - 1945
Butcher, Thomas Pearson, Anthony
Croft, Albert Robson, Alfred
Cummings, Thomas Shanks, George
Douglas, Robert Shipley, Ronald
Dye, Walter Simm, Robert
Davies, George Smith, Ernest
Eltringham, George Wightman, George
Elliott, Frederick Wilson, Thomas
Pharoah, Kenneth Young, William
Porter, Ernest
They died that we might live.
NamesM34.02
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Parish Notes
Every Name A Story
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