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Memorial Military R.C. Burials 1939-45 Cemetery

Reference

B127.12

Place

BIRTLEY Gateshead

Original Location

Birtley Cemetery

Which war

1939-45

Memorial Description

Monument with slight pyramid top 28 inches high on plinth 8 inches high. The monument is 18 inches wide x 18 inches deep. The dedication is on one face, the names are carried on two other faces, all in Roman capitals.

Materials used

Stone

Inscription

The casualties / commemorated / here are buried / in Elizabethville / Roman Catholic / Cemetery

Names

3 names, number, ranks, regiment age.
See transcript.

Notes

1. An article entitled "Lowick and District's Response to the Belgian Refugee crisis 1914-1916", written by Julie Gibbs, can be read in "Tyne & Tweed", Association of Northumberland Local History Societies; 2016; volume 70.

2. The Commonwealth War Grave Commission placed this memorial in Birtley Cemetery when Elisabethville Cemetery was overgrown. In 2016 the headstones in Elisabethville Cemetery were replaced.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Dorothy Hall

External web link

Durham at War

Research acknowledgements

Dorothy Hall

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Memorial Military R.C. Burials 1939-45 Cemetery (B127.12)

BIRTLEY      Cemetery

On front

   The casualties

   commemorated

   here are buried

   in Elizabethville

   Roman Catholic

   Cemetery

-----------------------------

On rear

   7908568 Corporal

   P. Loughlin

   Royal Tank Regiment R.A.C.

   24th February 1943 age 23.

   Eternal rest

   give unto him O Lord

   and let perpetual light

   shine upon him.  R.I.P.

   2078946 Sapper

   P. Marsh

   Royal Engineers

   8th May 1941 age 28

   Rest In Peace

   988734 Aircraftman 2nd Class

   J.R. Stonehouse

   Royal Air Force

   6th June 1944

NamesB127.12

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