Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1939-45 Suez 1956 Holy Trinity
Reference
W121.04
Place
WINGATE
Map ref
4037
Original Location
Holy Trinity Church
Which war
a. 1939-45
b. Suez 1956
b. Suez 1956
Memorial Description
Plaque, very plain, 3 feet 9 inches high x 2 feet 9 inches wide set in a very plain slender frame. The names are listed in two columns in Roman capitals.
Materials used
Brass
Inscription
In memory of those who fell / in the cause of freedom / World War / 1939-1945
Thanks be to God.
Thanks be to God.
Names
Notes
1. The Faculty was given for, inter alia, the addition of the name of a parishioner to the War Memorial 1939-1945 tablet. The addition is in respect of a 1956 Suez casualty. Engraving to be done by J. McGregor of West Hartlepool. Casualty was Lorin Dudhill, Port Said November 1956.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo: C. Sanders
Diocese of Durham Faculty number 4090, issued 31/12/1958
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
In Search of Tom George Rodgers; 2008; Cormorant Publishing, Hartlepool; ISBN 978 0 9558593 1 1, tells the story of Thomas Rodgers, 2nd Battalion DLI, killed in action at St Venant on 27th May 1940, and his family's search for his actual resting place.
Diocese of Durham Faculty number 4090, issued 31/12/1958
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
In Search of Tom George Rodgers; 2008; Cormorant Publishing, Hartlepool; ISBN 978 0 9558593 1 1, tells the story of Thomas Rodgers, 2nd Battalion DLI, killed in action at St Venant on 27th May 1940, and his family's search for his actual resting place.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
C. Sanders; John and Mavis Dixon; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1939-45 Suez 1956 Holy Trinity (W121.04)
WINGATE Holy Trinity Church
In memory of those who fell
in the cause of freedom
World War
1939-1945
George Ayre Ralph Lee
Edward Bannister James Henry Bennison
Charles William Bowden Lister
Wilfred Brewster Thomas Luke
John Garthwaite Brown William Magee
Joseph Clavering John Thomas Martindale
Robert Clogg Stanley Mason
Sydney Coates George Mitchell
William John Coates Lawrence Morton
Thomas Collins James Moyle
John Wilfred Cook Martin McManus
Alfred Davison Robert Oliver
Thomas Davis George Blackett Ramsay
Vincent Dawson Harold Robinson
James Henry Dudhill John Edward Robson
Harry Elliott Thomas Rodgers
William Ellison Harry Smith
John Thomas Gilchrist Douglas Haig Smith
Edward Gilbride John Frederick Stamper
Albert Harland Francis Oliver Stoney
Thomas Harrison Sidney James Stott
Edward Hewitson William Studham
Reginald Hind Rowland Thompson
Robert Holmes Kenneth Tonks
John Hughes George White
Paul Hutchinson Ralph Wilkinson
Leonard Victor King John Thomas Gant
Joseph William Laing Willetts
William James Lake Ernest Winship
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Lorin Dudhill at Port Said November 1956
Thanks be to God.
NamesW121.04
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