Memorial Details
Memorial
Roll of Honour Civilians 1939-45 St. John
Reference
S117.09
Place
SEAHAM HARBOUR
Map ref
NZ 427493
Original Location
Church of St. John the Evangelist, Blandford Place.
Which war
1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
1995
Memorial Description
Roll of honour 11 inches high x 8 inches wide in frame 1 inch wide. The names are printed in two columns under a date heading using Roman lettering.
Materials used
Paper behind glass
Inscription
In honour of those citizens of Seaham who / lost their lives in the Air Raid Bombings / during the Second World War 1939-1945.
This memorial list was placed in the Lady Chapel of St. John’s Church / in 1995 to mark the 50th Anniversary of the end of World War II.
This memorial list was placed in the Lady Chapel of St. John’s Church / in 1995 to mark the 50th Anniversary of the end of World War II.
Names
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall
External web link
Research acknowledgements
C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Roll of Honour Civilians 1939-45 St. John (S117.09)
SEAHAM St. John’s Church.
In honour of those citizens of Seaham who
lost their lives in the Air Raid Bombings
during the Second World War 1939-1945.
August 1940 May 1943
Fenwick Row Adolphus St West
Edward Swan (aged 16) George Kennedy (aged 75)
Edna May E. Tempest (aged 30) Charles Young (aged 31)
Ilchester Street Sophia Street
Mary Johnson (aged 29) Hilda Gaunt (aged 22)
Thomas Rochester (aged 44) Michael Richard Hughes (aged 49)
Helena Rochester (aged 47) Doreen Hughes (aged 9)
Aileen Rochester (aged 19) Margaret Kennedy (aged 73)
Joyce Rochester (aged 16) Joseph Nicholson (aged 54)
Sarah Shaw (aged 55)
William Thompson (aged 57)
Stavordale Street Viceroy Street
Barbara Ferry (aged 48) Irene Appleton (aged 8)
Doreen Ferry (aged 14) John Bell (aged 35)
June Corkhill (aged 1)
In Hospital Marion Corkhill (aged 4)
Royal Infirmary Sunderland Alan Corkhill (aged 6)
Alma Gale (aged 22) Barbara Dixon Corkhill (aged 29)
Andrew Errington (aged 30) Gerald Corkhill (aged 36)
Wrightson Kirk Cuthbert (aged 28)
February 1941 John Thomas Davison (aged 35)
Joyce Dobson (aged 4)
Frederick Street Georgina Dobson (aged 31)
Margaret Wilkinson (aged 36) John Dobson (aged 32)
Norman Wilkinson (aged 1) Joan Henderson (aged 9)
Patricia Wilkinson (aged 4) William Henderson (aged 10)
Kenneth Green (aged 6) Phyllis Miller (aged 45)
Jennie Walker (aged 18)
October 1941 Elizabeth Walker (aged 55)
George William Weir (aged 28)
Seaton Colliery Inn Lily Wilde (aged 24)
Margaret Loraine (aged 50)
Jane Robson (aged 63) In Hospital
Leeholme Hospital, Easington
September 1942 Thomas Henry Grainger (aged 79)
John Kelly (aged 48)
Jubilee Avenue Richard Nixon (aged 76)
Matthew Davison (aged 33) Vincent Oglesby (aged 41)
Elizabeth Graham (aged 52) Violet Daisy Shaw (aged 54)
Thorpe Hospital, Easington
December 1942 George Harrison Hall (aged 16)
Wynyard Sreet Ryhope Hospital
Matthew Oliver Armstrong(aged 60)Mary Kelly (aged 19)
Visiting Newcastle
Joseph Bland (aged 39)
This memorial list was placed in the Lady Chapel of St. John’s Church
in 1995 to mark the 50th Anniversary of the end of World War II.
NamesS117.09
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