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Plaque 1914-18 St. Mary

Reference

S117.11

Place

SEAHAM

Original Location

St. Mary�s Church

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Erected April 1922

Memorial Description

Plaque with fluted frame. The central panel has a border of blue and gold mosaic. At centre top is a cross incised into the alabaster. The names are listed in two columns. The dedication is in Old English lower case, the names in elaborate Roman and the rest below this is in sans serif capitals. The quotation at the bottom is in sans serif capital italics.

Materials used

Brown and white alabaster.

Inscription

To the Glory of God / and in grateful memory / of / (names) / all of this parish / who laid down their lives / in the Great War / 1914-1918.
Death is swallowed up in victory.

Names

10 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

John Lowes and Son, Durham.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Simon Raine

Northern Echo 25/04/1922 reports recent erection of plaque.

Durham Chronicle 21/04/1922 reports unveiling.

Seaham Weekly News 28/04/1922 reports unveiling.

Source of quotation:
�Death is swallowed up in victory� 1 Corinthians 15 v 54

External web link

Durham at War

Seaham and the Great War

Links to Source Material :

Northern Echo 1922 04 25 Tue

Research acknowledgements

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; Dorothy Hall

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Plaque 1914-18 St. Mary (S117.11)

SEAHAM    St. Mary’s Church

   To the Glory of God

   and in grateful memory

of

   J. Douglass      E. Smith

   A. Garthwaite    A.C. Taylor

   J. Kerry         S.C. Thompson

   T. Parker        A.M. Thorman

   J.W. Simpson     G.H. Wilkie

   all of this parish

   who laid down their lives

   in the Great War

   1914-1918.

   Death is swallowed up in victory.

NamesS117.11

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