Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 St. John

Lynesack

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 St. John (L70.02)

NEWMP Ref No.: L70.02

Parish: Lynesack

Original Location:

Church of St. John the Evangelist, Grewburn Lane.

North wall of nave.

Which War:

1914-18

Materials Used:

Brass

Inscription:

Lynesack and Woodland
To the glory of God and in honoured memory of
(names)
who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War 1914-1918.
(More names)

Memorial Description:

Plaque.

There is a wide border in which names have been added at the bottom.

On the main panel, at top left and right are the St. George’s flag and the Union flag each set in a laurel wreath and enamelled in the requisite colours.

Between them the names are listed in two columns, and are carried on in three columns below this, the columns being separated by a patterned upright divider.

All the lettering is in raised Roman capitals.

Names:

38 full names.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photo: Simon Raine

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

The People’s History – Gaunless Valley, Tom Hutchinson has a photo of the exterior of the church.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
Dorothy Hall;
John and Mavis Dixon

Research In Progress:

Paul Simpson is researching these names.

Contact: pwsimpson@live.co.uk

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Names Documents:

LYNESACK    St. John’s Church.      

  

  Lynesack and Woodland

  

  To the glory of God and in honoured memory of

  

  Ralph Anderson       James Albert Bennett

  Fred Atkinson        Cornelius Brown

  Thomas Wm. Alderson  Tho. Christopher Clark

  John James Bell      Thomas Watson Crosse

  Nixon Dent           John Percival Jackson   Stanley Robinson

  Andrew Dixon         Ernest Victor Lowes     John Thomas Rose

  John George Gargett  Charles Ewd. Lowther    Morris Sewell

  John Walton Gill     William Lowther         Percival Cade Stephenson

  Thomas Gowland       Thomas Wm. Morton       Thomas Wm. Stephenson

  Ernest Wm. Hebdon    Thomas Newton           Bertie Sowerby

  John Hepple          James Priestley         Frederick Thompson

  George Bryan Hodgson Harry Readman           George Henry Waters

  Ralph Hodgson        Bert Robinson           Richard Yole

  

  Who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War 1914-1918

  

On frame below

  Leonard Appleby    George Andrew Dickson    John William Spence.

NamesL70.02        

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