Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Ambulance Brigade

Houghton le Spring

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Ambulance Brigade (H132.15)

NEWMP Ref No.: H132.15

Parish: Houghton le Spring

Original Location:

Ambulance Room, Houghton Colliery

Present Location:

Unknown

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 4th November 1922 by Mr. Austin Kirkup;
dedicated by Rev. S.K. Knight, Rector

Materials Used:

Bronze on oak pattress.

Inscription:

St. John Ambulance Association. This tablet is erected by the members of the above Association in memory of their comrades who made the supreme sacrifice and in honour of those who served their King and Country in the Great War 1914-1918.

Memorial Description:

Plaque 63 inches x 45 inches (160cms x 114cms).

There are two Union flags at the top, and St. John emblems at the sides.

Names:

85 members who served, including 4 names of those who fell.
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Sources:

Auckland and County Chronicle
 09/11/1922 reports unveiling

Durham Chronicle
10/11/1922 reports unveiling.

Durham County Advertiser
10/11/1922

Sunderland Echo
06/11/1922

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Dorothy Hall;
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale

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Names Documents:

The layout of this memorial is not known.

The following has been extracted from a newspaper

report and has not been compared with the original

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The names of all 81 others who served were not given

in the newspaper report and are needed.

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  St. John Ambulance Association.

  This tablet is erected by the members

  of the above Association in memory of

  their comrades who made the supreme sacrifice

  and in honour of those who served

  their King and Country

  in the Great War 1914-1918.

     Those who fell:

     R. Rippon

     W. Oxley

     J.D. King

     H. Gould

NamesH132.15

 

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