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Plaque 1914-18 Methodist

Reference

A42.01

Place

AUCKLAND PARK

Map ref

2228

Original Location

Auckland Park Methodist Church, Douglas Crescent, Bishop Auckland.

Which war

1914-18

Memorial Description

Plaque shaped like a scroll 26 inches high x 14 inches wide of white marble. This set on a pattress of black polished marble in the shape of a shield, 41 inches high x 26 inches wide. Above the plaque is a plain white marble cross. The names are listed in a single column in Gothic and Roman capitals.

Materials used

Marble

Inscription

In memoriam / Great War 1914-1918

Names

11 full names.
See transcript.

Notes

1. �Brass tablet and memorial organ unveiled by Mrs. Hare of Howlish Hall� -Auckland and County Chronicle 16/10/1919

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photo: C. Sanders; Alan Bailey

Auckland and County Chronicle 30/10/1919 reports unveiling.

External web link

Durham at War

Weardale Museum

Research acknowledgements

C. Sanders; Alan Bailey, Steward, Auckland Park Methodist Church; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale

Research In Progress

All of the WW1 names on this memorial have been researched. See Auckland Park Every Name a Story entries.

Plaque 1914-18 Methodist (A42.01)

AUCKLAND PARK      Methodist Chapel

     In memoriam

     Great War 1914-1918

     Joseph Wm. Dinsley

     Walter Staley

     Joseph Scorer

     Ernest Clark

     John Brown

     John Brown

     John Welford

     James Welford

     Joseph Winter

     Joseph Tomlinson

     William Maggs

NamesA42.01

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