Memorial Details

2015
Photo: James Pasby
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Memorial

Plaque D.L.I. 1914-18 St. John the Baptist

Reference

Q2.05

Place

QUEBEC

Map ref

NZ 177438

Original Location

Church of St. John the Baptist, Front Street. On north wall. (Closed)

Present Location

Church of St. Michael and All Angels at Esh

Which war

1914-18

Memorial Description

Plaque approx. 18 inches high x 12 inches wide, on oak pattress. Lettering is sunk in casting and blackened.

Materials used

Brass on wood

Inscription

This Tablet & Window are erected to the / Honoured memory of the following men / of the Durham Light Infantry who died / for England in the Great War, 1914 – 1918

Names

24 names and ranks.
See transcript.

Notes

1. The church closed in February 2011.

2. 2015 the church has been converted to a residential house

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: John and Mavis Dixon; James Pasby

External web link

Durham at War

Additional Notes

1. Durham Record Office have researched a name on this Memorial Richard Robson Corker

Research acknowledgements

John and Mavis Dixon; Durham Diocesan Office; Ann Lawlor, Hamsteels History Group

Research In Progress

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

Plaque D.L.I. 1914-18 St. John the Baptist (Q2.05)

 
QUEBEC St.John the Baptist Church.  
   
   This Tablet & Window are erected to the
   honoured memory of the following men 
   of the DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY who died
   for England in the Great War, 1914 – 1918
   ----------------------------------
   Captain    L.V. Burgoyne Johnson   
   Private    William Archer 
   “          William W. Parkinson
   “          James Cutmore 
   Corpl.     William Laurie
   Private    James Batey
   “          Patrick Brennan
   “          Stewart Steele
   Sergt.     Richard R. Corker
   Private    Fred Hirst
   “          George Wilson
   “          Winskill Gorse
   “          Benjamin Mosey
   “          William Suddes
   Corpl.     Thomas Oversby
   Private    Fred Wood
   “          Fred Hird
   “          Patrick Crinnion
   Sergt.     William Fenwick
   Private    Neasham Storey
   “          Edward Ernest Harrison
   “          John Thomas Dunning
   Pte.       Albert Constantine, M.M. and Italian Croce de Guerra
   Sergt      Peter Ditchburn
NamesQ2.05

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