Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque Fawcett and Blenkinsopp 1917 St. John
Reference
S137.04
Place
STILLINGTON
Map ref
NZ 377236
Original Location
Church of St. John the Divine, Morrison Street. In the nave.
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Plaque
Materials used
Brass
Inscription
Norman Fawcett
Second son of T.F. and C. Fawcett
Sergeant 18th D.L.I. (Pals)
who fell in action
May 3rd 1917.
Buried at Gavrelle France
aged 25 years.
Also of
Frank Blenkinsop
adopted son of the above
Lieut. 19th D.L.I.
who fell in action
at St. Quentin, France,
May 6th 1917
aged 31 years.
They died the noblest death that man can die
Fighting for God and Right and Liberty.
Names
See above
Notes
1. Mr. Fawcett, the father, was a company secretary of the Carlton Iron Company who lived in the house modified for him at the west end of South Street.
2. Frank Blenkinsop was the adopted son of the Fawcett family.
2. Frank Blenkinsop was the adopted son of the Fawcett family.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Gwynn Dunn; James Pasby
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
There is a Green Hill (History of Stillington); J.D. Tuffs (1999)
Source of quotation:
“They died the noblest death . . . . . To You Who Have Lost John Oxenham)
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
There is a Green Hill (History of Stillington); J.D. Tuffs (1999)
Source of quotation:
“They died the noblest death . . . . . To You Who Have Lost John Oxenham)
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall; Gwynn Dunn
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