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Plaque 1914-18 St. John

Reference

S149.01

Place

SUNNYBROW

Map ref

1934

Original Location

St. John�s, (demolished) in the 1980s.

Present Location

Moved to the Community chapel, now closed and the memorial is to be resited in Willington St.Stephen's

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled 3rd April 1923 by Major Ian Straker

Memorial Description

Plaque 18 inches high x 33 inches wide 457mm x 838mm wide. The tablet is very plain. The names are listed in four columns. The lettering incised, using Roman upper case for the dedication and lower case for the names.
A plate at the bottom records the removal of this from St.John�s Church.

Materials used

Alabaster and Hoptonwood stone.

Inscription

To the Glory of God / and in grateful memory of the men connected / with this church who gave their lives for their country in the Great War 1914 - 1918
Faithful unto death

Names

35 full names.
See transcript.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

Messrs. Whipple and Co., Exeter.

Notes

1. The Durham County Advertiser states that among the fallen were five Walkers (four brothers and one cousin) (in fact there are only four Walkers); two brothers Atherton; two brothers Mangles; three Bells, two of whom were brothers.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photo: C. Sanders; James Pasby

Durham Chronicle 06/04/1923 reports unveiling.

Durham County Advertiser 06/04/1923 reports unveiling.

Auckland Chronicle 05/04/1923 reports unveiling.

The Archives Photographs series � Willington Olive Linge, contains a photo of the former church building.

Source of quotation
�Faithful unto death� Revelation 2 v 10

External web link

Durham at War

Weardale Museum

Additional Notes

James Pasby and Dorothy Hall visited St. Stephen's Willington 01/11/2017 re-photographed and left leaflets

Research acknowledgements

C. Sanders; John and Mavis Dixon; Dorothy Hall; James Pasby; Bryan Myers, MBE., JP.

Research In Progress

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Plaque 1914-18 St. John (S149.01)

SUNNYBROW      St John's Church

  To the Glory of God

  and in grateful memory of the men connected

  with this church who gave their lives for their

  country in the Great War 1914 - 1918

  Thomas W. Adamson  William Bentley      John Hodgson      Thomas  Robinson

  George Ashmore     George Blenkinsop    Johnson Hope      Isachar Taylor

  Henry Atherton     Frederick C. Cook    Ernest W. Hudson  Benjamin Walker

  James Atherton     John Coulson         Frank Mangles     Edward Walker

  James R. Auxwell   Francis A. Curl      John W. Mangles   Edward Walker

  Ernest Barlow      David Gill           Thomas Marshall   Richard Walker

  John H. Bell       William Goldsborough Amos Newton       William A.E. Wall

  Joseph Bell        John W. Grimstone    William Newton    William Watson

  Matthew Bell       Ralph B. Hird        John W. Phillips

  Faithful unto death

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The Auckland Chronicle has variations on a few names:

  Thomas Wm. Adamson

  James R. Aukwell

  Ralph E. Hird

  William A.E. Walker

NamesS149.01

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