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Garden of Remembrance 1939-45 School

Reference

P26.04

Place

PELTON

Original Location

Pelton Secondary School grounds

Present Location

Gone

Which war

1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Dedicated Wednesday 12th October 1949.

Memorial Description

Garden of Remembrance.

Names

None.
20 names, dates of death and regiments taken from the Dedication Service.
Plus 2 names only
See transcript.

Notes

1. Secondary School opened in May 1931. When the new Comprehensive School was built at Pelton Roseberry, the Junior School moved into the former Senior School, the Infants moved into the former Junior School, and a nursery was opened where the Infants had been. A new primary school was built on the site in 2005.

2. The names on the Garden of Remembrance Dedication programme differs from the names on the stone's Dedication Programme P26.10 Missing in 1949 are J.W. Evans; G. Frost; N. Goundry; J. Hall; G. Harrison; G.R. Nesbitt; R. Wilson (7 names)

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

From Abacus to Internet: Pelton Schools 1909-2005; Dorothy A. Rand pages 76-77. Published by the School

External web link

Durham at War

Additional Research documents (click to download)

Unveiling Programme 1949

Research acknowledgements

Dorothy Hall; John McGarey

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Garden of Remembrance 1939-45 School (P26.04)

PELTON   Modern School

This list is taken from the Unveiling Programme.

   Roll of Honour

   Name          Date Deceased     Regt

   R. Scarth     4th Oct., 1939    Northum. Huss.

   J.D. Hogden   27th Sept., 1941  R.A.F.

   J.H. Liddle   5th June, 1942    D.L.I.

   G. Nicholson  6th July, 1942    R.N.

   R. Hall       11th Aug., 1942   R.N.

   R. Cockburn   1st Oct., 1942    Royal Art.

   J. Turnbull   2nd Oct., 1942    Royal Engers.

   R. Gordon     2nd Nov., 1942    D.L.I.

   L. Shaw       28th Nov., 1942   R.A.F.

   J. Little     7th Dec., 1942    R.A.F.

   G. Mason      24th Apr., 1943   Royal Engins.

   F. Oakes      11th May, 1943    D.L.I.

   F. Carradus   15th June, 1944   Yorks L. Inf.

   T. Samms      4th July, 1944    D.L.I.

   F. Brown      6th Feb., 1945    R.E.C.C.E.

   J.G. Lynch    25th Feb., 1945   R.A.F.

   J. Hardy      29th Mar., 1945   R.A.F.

   R. Kelly      1st Apr., 1945    R.N.

   A.S. Gray     7th Apr., 1945    Parachute Reg.

   P. Gray       15th Apr., 1945   North. Fuss.

              J Harrison      G. Frost

NamesP26.04

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