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Plaque 1914-18 Ashmore, Benson and Pease

Reference

S138.04

Place

STOCKTON

Map ref

4318

Original Location

At Ashmore, Benson and Pease works in Bowesfield Lane. On the canteen wall.

Present Location

Removed from offices on another site c1995, through the efforts of Mr. Hindmarsh.

Which war

1914-18

Memorial Description

Plaque of classical design, 2 feet 9 inches high x 3 feet 8 inches wide. The pediment contains scrolls in half relief. There are scrolls at either side. The names are in three columns are on the main panel, the lettering incised and leaded using sans serif capitals.

Materials used

Grey granite

Inscription

�Lest We Forget�.
To the enduring memory of comrades from these
works, who gave their lives in the Great War
1914-1918.

Names

16 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Who commissioned

Ashmore, Benson and Pease

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photo: C. Sanders

Source of quotation
�Lest we forget� Recessional Rudyard Kipling.

External web link

Durham at War

Research acknowledgements

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders

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Plaque 1914-18 Ashmore, Benson and Pease (S138.04)

STOCKTON    Ashmore, Benson and Pease

   “Lest We Forget”.

   To the enduring memory of comrades from these

   works, who gave their lives in the Great War

   1914-1918.

   Appleby, J.    Evis, P.G.    Owen, A.

   Branson, F.A.  Foster, G.E.  Ramsey, J.

   Brown, E.      Jackson, E.   Rowntree, J.H.

   Clasper, T.S.  King, J.      Scott, G.S.

   Craggs, C.E.   Martin, W.H.

   Doughty, H.    O’Brien, P.

NamesS138.04

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