Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1939-45 Urban District Council Offices
Reference
S117.10
Place
SEAHAM HARBOUR
Map ref
NZ 427493
Original Location
Urban District Council Offices
Present Location
Transferred to the Lady Chapel St John some years ago'.
Which war
1939-45
Memorial Description
Roll of Honour. Large rectangular frame containing six upright brass plates bearing the names in a single column on each. At centre top is a horizontal brass plate bearing the dedication, and another at the bottom bearing the words “Lest We Forget”. All lettering is in Roman capitals.
Materials used
Brass plates inside mahogany frame.
Inscription
Urban District of Seaham / In grateful remembrance of those from the town of Seaham who made the supreme sacrifice / in the Second World War 1939-1945
Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget
Names
Notes
1. Rumour has it that this was found in a skip after the demolition of the Council Offices. It was retrieved by Canon Paul Jobson, cleaned up by a lady member of St.John’s Church and placed in the Lady Chapel.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Simon Raine; C. Sanders
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
Source of quotation:
“Lest we forget” Recessional Rudyard Kipling.
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
Source of quotation:
“Lest we forget” Recessional Rudyard Kipling.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders; James Pasby; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1939-45 Urban District Council Offices (S117.10)
SEAHAM HARBOUR St. John’s Church.
Urban District of Seaham
In grateful remembrance of those from the town of Seaham who made the supreme sacrifice
in the Second World War 1939-1945
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
ARMY ARMY ARMY
Aitchinson J. Henderson J.A. Robinson R.D.
Asbett J. Herron E. Rochester J.W.
Atkinson H. Hillam I. Rooney E.M.
Balmer H. Hope J.W. Scott H.S.
Batey G.W. Hoy M.W.T. Shaw A.B.
Baxter H. Hunter J. Smith T.
Bell John. Jeffress R. Soulsby F.
Bell Jack. Johnson J.S. Spark C.
Bell W. Johnson R. Steel T.H.
Burgin J. Johnstone J.J.K. Stonier A.
Bland J. Keegan F. Swift T.
Bolton C.H. Kennedy J. Taylor G.
Brewster W. Kenney R. Tempest W.
Brown W.H. Lamb G. Terrance J.G.
Carling T.S. Little G.F. Thompson R.W.
Clough T. Malkin R. Turner D.
Cole I. Marwood J.S. Turns E.
Conlon R.K. McCourt J. Watson R.
Conlon W.W. McLardy E. Watson S.C.
Cook I. McLoram P. Watson T.
Dickinson J.A. Miller W. Weatherall F.
Dobinson T.W. Mitchell A. Wyman A.V.H.
Dobson A. Newton A. Wharton W.C.
Donaldson J. Newton R. Willis R.
Edwards A.W. Oates A. Wilson J.
Edwards F.W. Oglesby R. Wilson T.
Gatenby J.G. Ord J. Wiltshire W.H.
Geary W. Pattison T.H. Winter J.
Gilbert F.G. Peel R. Wood G.
Haigs W.W. Richardson J. Wood H.M.
Hampton R. Ritchie J. Wood T.
Hansford G. Robinson H. Yare G.W.
Head R. Robinson J. Forster, W.T.
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Column 4 Column 5 Column 6
NAVY MERCHANT NAVY AIR FORCE
Baron I. Bamborough T. Akenhead T.S.
Blackwell W.E. Cook T. Allen C.
Brown J.B. Dixon J. Ather W.L.
Bulmore J. Dobson R.D. Barritt J.
Burton A.B. Edwards E. Conn J.
Clinton W. Everist H.M. Cook T.
Doxford H.M. Frost M.E. Cooper R.C.
Gibbons T. Gippert J. Dixon J.W.
Green F. Golding R.A. Forster C.W.
Grieves R. Hall C.M. Gowans J.W.
Hemmings F. Hanlon T. Hillam J.R.L.
Hughes E. Harlow E. Hoy A.
Jennings J. Howe S. Little R.H.
Johnson W. Hudson R. McGrath F.
Kay A.B. Liddle G. Moreland T.
Milford J.L. Magee W.E. Moss A.E.
Miller J.H. Martin E.C. Nelson R.H.
Nelthorpe J. McDonald R. Nixon G.
Price W. Meade J. Potts J.
Ramshaw T. Morrison R. Richardson S.
Reed A.T. Munro H. Shelley W.O.
Robinson W. Murrish R. Sill A.
Shipley J.H. Nelson G.M. Smith S.
Tasker S.H. Rowe J.A. Taylor W.A.
Thompson J. Smith S. Westmorland A.D.
Williams H.J.D. Smith Walton. Williamson A.
Watson G. Smith W. Wright J.D.
Watson F. Coulton G.?D
Wigham J. Maitland, T.
WOMEN
Redman A.N.
Lest We Forget
NamesS117.10
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