Memorial

Door and Plaque 1939-45 St. John

Greatham

Memorial Name: Door and Plaque 1939-45 St. John (G52.03)

NEWMP Ref No.: G52.03

Parish: Greatham

Original Location:

Church of St. John the Baptist. Parish Row, Greatham. TS25 2HW.

Which War:

1939-45

Materials Used:

Oak door, marble plaque.

Inscription:

The oak door to the vestry was given
in proud memory of those members of
the parish of Greatham who gave their
lives in the World War 1939-1945 and
whose names are inscribed below.

Memorial Description:

Door to the vestry.

There are three panels to the door, in which the veneer is symmetrically placed.

At the top of each panel is mounted a badge of the Army, Navy and Royal Air Force.

The plaque is 24 inches high x 36 inches wide (61cms x 91cms).

It has a narrow double incised border outlining the central panel.

The names are listed two to a line,  in Roman capitals.

Names:

13 full names.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The names are the same as those on the cross in the churchyard.

2. A Diocesan Faculty was granted for a Memorial Chapel after 1914-18 and reapplied for in 1939-45

External Links:

The History of Greatham Church

Sources:

Photos: Simon Raine; C. Sanders

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
John and Mavis Dixon

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Names Documents:

GREATHAM   : St. John the Baptist Church

 

  The oak door to the vestry was given

  in proud memory of those members of

  the parish of Greatham who gave their

  lives in the World War 1939-1945 and

  whose names are inscribed below.

 

  William Allison      Joseph Armstrong

  William Dowsing      John Fenny

  Samuel Fleet         John Furness

  John Herbert         Daniel McNally

  Ernest Mitchell      Ronald Procter

  Thomas Thompson      Ralph Thorpe

  Digby Wilkinson

NamesG52.03      

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