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Plaque 1914-18 Fallen Primitive Methodist

Reference

L64.06

Place

LANGLEY PARK

Original Location

Primitive Methodist Church, Quebec Street

Present Location

Unknown

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled ?3rd October 1920 by Mr. Joseph Penny, an old member. Dedicated by Rev. J.S. Nightingale and Rev. J. Collingwood.

Memorial Description

Plaque on black pattress.

Materials used

�Heavy worked brass� on marble pattress.

Inscription

(Dedicated to those members killed in the war).

Names

11 names of those killed, and 1 old member who died during the period of the Great War.
See transcript.

Cost

�40

How money was raised

Members and friends of the church.

Notes

1. The two Methodist churches in Langley Park joined in the 1970s to become St. Andrew's Methodist Church. The Quebec Street premises were sold and the memorials remained in situ. 2015 the church is used as a factory with no sign or knowledge of the memorials.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Durham Chronicle 08/10/1920 reports unveiling.

External web link

Durham at War

Research acknowledgements

Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress

The names on the Langley Park Memorials are being researched by Paul Elliott. Contact: paulelliott76@yahoo.co.uk

Plaque 1914-18 Fallen Primitive Methodist (L64.06)

LANGLEY PARK   Primitive Methodist

The layout of this memorial is not known.

The following has been extracted from a newspaper

report and has not been compared with the original

nor with a good photograph.

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          John Christar

          J. Simpson

          F. Coult

          George Russ

          C. Hiddleston

          E. Eccleston

          Is. Bewley

          J.W. Fullard

          R. Hiddleston

          Jas. Haswell

          A. Swinbank

          A.W. Fisher.

NamesL64.06

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