Memorial

Mobile Library Witherington 1941 YMCA

Sunderland

Memorial Name: Mobile Library Witherington 1941 YMCA (S140.162)

NEWMP Ref No.: S140.162

Parish: Sunderland

Original Location:

Y.M.C.A. Centre, Fawcett Street.

Present Location:

Unknown

Which War:

1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Presentation performed by the Mayoress, Mrs. Myers Wayman, whose husband chaired the event.
Dedicated by Rev. Canon E. Jackson, Rural Dean of Bishopwearmouth.

Who Commissioned:

Bought and equipped by Sgt. Witherington’s parents and brothers

Memorial Description:

Mobile Library

Names:

(Sergt. Pilot Arthur John Witherington, R.A.F.V.R., 1941)

Notes:

1. The mobile library was presented to the YMCA for the use of HM Forces in Co. Durham. It was the third to operate in Co. Durham.

2. Mr. Arthur S. Witherington, father, was a member of Messrs. Witherington and Everett, shipowners, Newcastle.

3. Mr. Witherington was unable to be present at the ceremony to hand over the library, due to his wife’s illness. His cousin, Mr. Alan Bean, stood in for him.

4. See his Every Name A Story entry

Sources:

Newcastle Evening Chronicle
20/11/1942 reports the proposed presentation.
(Available on The British Newspaper Archive)

Sunderland Echo
28/11/1942 reports the presentation.
(Available on The British Newspaper Archive)