Photo: James Pasby
Greater Love Hath No Man That a Man Lay Down His Life for His Friends
Son of John and Ann Rivers, of South View, Thornley, Durham.
In Spennymoor (Tudhoe) Cemetery is a family headstone which includes:-
George Stephenson Rivers
their beloved son
killed in action in France
13th August 1916 aged 26 years
George Stephenson Rivers is remembered at Birtley on B127.01, at Durham on D47.52 and D47.141, at Sunderland on S140.099 and S140.117 and at Thornley on T54.02, T54.05 and in T54.06
He is also remembered in the NUT list of Teachers who Fell and Teachers who served
He is also remembered in The DLI Book of Remembrance page 213
