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Piano 1914-18 Primitive Methodist

Reference

W120.09

Place

WILLINGTON (Wear Valley)

Original Location

Primitive Methodist Church

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Piano officially �opened� in May 1923 by Mrs. Anderson.

Memorial Description

Piano. A plaque was attached to the piano bearing the names.

Inscription

(Dedicated to members and adherents of the church and Sunday School)

Names

56 names and ranks.
See transcript.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Durham County Advertiser 01/06/1923 reports opening ceremony.

External web link

Durham at War

Weardale Museum

Research acknowledgements

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale

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Piano 1914-18 Primitive Methodist (W120.09)

WILLINGTON Primitive Methodist Church

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.

   Pte.          J. Anderson

   Sergt.        A. Anderson

   Lce.Corpl.    James Bird

   Pte.          G. Brigham

   Pte.          R. Barton

   Pte.          Geo. Barton

   Sergt.        John Barton

   Pte.          Jos. Blackburn

   Driver        J. Bewley

   Pte.          J.H. Curtis

   Sergt.        J.M. Dodds

   Pte.          J.O. Dodds

   Pte.          R.L. Dodds

   Corpl.        Thos. Elliott

   Lce.Corpl.    F. ?Heale

   Staff.Sergt.  J.L. Ferguson

   Pte.          J.H. Foster

                 G.W. Foster (R.N.D.)

   Amb. Mechanic G.L. Fleming

   Lce.Corpl.    Henry Fleming

   Pte.          John Fleming

   Lce. Corpl.   James Fox

                 J. Featherstone

                 E. Gornall

   Sergt.        Norman Gornall

                 Ernest Horsman

   Driver        W. Hutchinson

   Pte.          T. Hutchinson

   Signaller     N. Hutchinson

   Pte.          H. Jackson

   Sergt.        A.C. Larnach

   Pte.          E. Lowes

   Pte.          Geo. Lines

   Gunner        Jackson Mason

   Lce. Corpl.   J. Morris

   Sergt.        Robert Murray

   Pte.          J.R. Naisbett

   Gunner        T. Naisbett

   Pte.          T.R. Nicholson

   2nd. Lieut.    R.J. Prince

   Driver        W. Race

                 J.W. Rentoul

                 J. Ravson

   Pte.          T. Ramshaw

   Pte.          J. Gott

   Pte.          Walter Sawyer

   Pte.          Jephtha Sawyer

   Pte.          F. Smith

   Pte.          James Smith

   Corpl.        Geo. Scorer

   Lce.Corpl.    J.E. Strickland

   Gunner        G.W. Stephenson

   Sergt.        Thos. Venn

                 (first soldier killed belonging to Willington)

   Pte.          G.W. Thorns

   Staff.Sergt. John Wales

   Stoker        W.A. Wilson

NamesW120.09

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