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Plaque 1939-45 Memorial Hall

Reference

W125.01

Place

WITTON PARK

Map ref

NZ 172296

Original Location

Witton Park and District War Memorial Institute and Red Triangle Club, known as �The Hut�.

Present Location

Just inside the cemetery gates, to the east of St. Chad�s RC Church. There is a plaque affixed to both sides of the stone. See W125.04

Which war

1939-45

Memorial Description

There is a raised patterned border. At centre top is a laurel wreath containing the words �Roll of Honour� and the dates on either side, raised in half relief. The names are listed in five columns.

Materials used

Bronze plaque

Inscription

To the glorious / memory of the / men of Witton Park & District who laid / down their lives in the Second World War.
�They shall not grow old as we who are left grow old�.

Names

21 surnames and initals.
See transcript.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

Herbert Wauthier des F. Osborne Co. Ltd London

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: John and Mavis Dixon; Simon Raine: James Pasby

Source of quotation
�They shall not grow old . . .� For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon.

External web link

Durham at War

Weardale Museum

Research acknowledgements

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; John and Mavis Dixon; C. Sanders

Research In Progress

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Plaque 1939-45 Memorial Hall (W125.01)

WITTON PARK   Memorial Hall

            ROLL

   1939      OF      1945

            HONOUR

   To the glorious memory of the

   Men of Witton Park and District who laid

   down their lives in the Second World War

   Atkinson J.R. Clark L.    Foster N.D.P. Metcalfe J.   Smith S.

   Bell T.H.     Dixon R.S.  French J.W.   Newton J.W.   Walker T.N.

   Britton A.    Fawcett T.  French R.R.   Pears T. M.M. Walton C.

   Brown G.      Foster J.P. Green N.D.    Quinn E.      Wright C.E.

                             McGregor T.W.

   They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old

NamesW125.01

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