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Plaque Bible Class 1914-18 St. Hild & St. Helen

Reference

D41.08

Place

DAWDON

Map ref

NZ 429482

Original Location

Church of St. Hild and St. Helen, Melbury Street. On east side of chancel. (Closed)

Present Location

St. Hild and St. Helen Christian Fellowship now own and use the building.

Which war

1914-18

Memorial Description

Plaque 18 inches high 15 inches wide in the shape of a shield on a wood pattress that matches the shape. At centre top is a cross. All lettering is raised in half relief and burnished on a dark background, using sans serif capitals.

Materials used

Brass

Inscription

To the Glory of God / and / in loving memory / of the / following members of the / Dawdon Parish Church / Bible Class / who laid down their lives / in the Great War / 1914-1918.
�Greater love hath no man than this�.

Names

5 names, ranks and regiments.
See transcript.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101

Source of quotation:
�Greater love hath no man than this� St. John 15 v 13

External web link

A website compiled by George Turns and Brian Scollen

Durham at War

Research acknowledgements

Dorothy Hall; Mr. Bill Heslop (Durham Diocesan office); Andrew D. Fletcher; John L. Dixon

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Plaque Bible Class 1914-18 St. Hild & St. Helen (D41.08)

DAWDON Church of St. Hild and St. Helen, Melbury Street.

   To the Glory + of God and

   in loving memory of the

   following members of the

   Dawdon Parish Church

   Bible Class

   who laid down their lives

   in the Great War 1914-1918.

   Pte. William Harley R.A.M.C.

   App. Thomas Potter Transport

   Gnr. Sydney Thornton, M.M. R.F.A.

   L.Cpl. T. Norman Wilkinson, Glos.Rgt.

   L.Cpl. Joseph Winter, West Yorks. Rgt.

   “Greater love hath no

   man than this”.

NamesD41.08

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