Memorial

Plaque Royal British Legion 1939-45 St. Cuthbert

Marley Hill

Memorial Name: Plaque Royal British Legion 1939-45 St. Cuthbert (M34.02)

NEWMP Ref No.: M34.02

Parish: Marley Hill

Original Location:

St. Cuthbert’s Parish Church, St. Cuthbert’s Road.

Present Location:

Moved to the rear of the church in order to have all memorials together.

Which War:

1939-45

Materials Used:

Bronze

Inscription:

1939-1945

In memory of
(Names)
They died that we might live.

Memorial Description:

Plaque, 24 inches high x 30 inches wide (61cms x 76cms), rectangular with scrolled top and curved bottom resting on a pattress which echoes the shape.

At centre top, between the scroll ends, is the badge of the British Legion carved in half relief. The dates are below this.

The names are on the main part of the panel, outlined by a single line raised border. They are in raised sans serif capitals.

Names:

19 full names.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: Ron Carson; Mr. & Mrs. M. Garfoot, Sunniside Local History Society

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

The People’s History (The Turnpike Road) F.G. Newman and Sunniside Local History Society, Tempus Publishing Ltd; 1997, Reprint 2004 page 49

Source of quotation:
 “They died that we might live”: From the poem “Hail! and Farewell!” by John Oxenham

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Ron Carson;
Errol Broomfield;
Mr. and Mrs. Garfoot, Sunniside Local History Society;
Dorothy Hall;
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale

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Names Documents:

MARLEY HILL   St. Cuthbert’s Parish Church

  1939 – 1945

  Butcher, Thomas      Pearson, Anthony

  Croft, Albert        Robson, Alfred

  Cummings, Thomas     Shanks, George

  Douglas, Robert      Shipley, Ronald

  Dye, Walter          Simm, Robert

  Davies, George       Smith, Ernest

  Eltringham, George   Wightman, George

  Elliott, Frederick   Wilson, Thomas

  Pharoah, Kenneth     Young, William

        Porter, Ernest

  They died that we might live.

NamesM34.02   

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