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2016
Photo: Dorothy Hall
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Memorial

Plaque Fallen 1914-18 Chilton and Windlestone Club and Inst.

Reference

C107.08

Place

CHILTON (BUILDINGS)

Original Location

Chilton and Windlestone Club and Institute

Present Location

In the Committee Room

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled April 1920 by Mr. J. Thompson, Vice-President of the Branch.

Memorial Description

Plaque

Inscription

Chilton & Windlestone
Working Men’s
Club & Institute
Ltd.

Roll of Honour

Their lot the Glorious Price to pay
Ours to record with grateful pride
That freedom lives on earth today
Because they died

Names

18 names and ranks
See transcript

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

Pelaw Cabinet Works.

Notes

1. Each of the dependants was given a framed facsimile of the plaque at the unveiling ceremony.

2. 13,000 men had signed up from the clubs of Durham before the Conscription Act of 1916.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Dorothy Hall

Durham Chronicle 23/04/1920 reports unveiling.

External web link

Durham at War

Research acknowledgements

Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress

Pauline Priano has researched the WW1 names at Chilton Buildings – see Every Name a Story

Plaque Fallen 1914-18 Chilton and Windlestone Club and Inst. (C107.08)

 
Chilton & Windlestone
Working Men’s
Club & Institute 
Ltd.
   
Roll of Honour
   
Their lot the Glorious Price to pay
Ours to record with grateful pride
That freedom lives on earth today
Because they died
---------------------------------------
Photos across the top
   Pte. J. Hardy 
   Sergt. J. Stanworth 
   Pte. J. O’Brien 
   Pte. Wm. Robinson 
   Pte. J. Wardle
---------------------------------------
Left top to bottom
   Sergt. J.E. Winter
   Pte. G. Smith 
   Pte. T.B. Thompson 
   Pte. A. Hare 
---------------------------------------
Photos right
   Pte. Thos. Williams 
   Pte. R. Welsh 
   Pte. G. Webb 
   Pte. W.T. Elwell 
   Pte. John Williams
---------------------------------------
Bottom left to right
   Pte. Thos. Winter
   Pte. N. Ferguson 
   Pte. Len Boycott 
   Pte. J. Lax 
NamesC107.08

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