Memorial

Plaque Civilians 1939-45 Cemetery

Seaburn

Memorial Name: Plaque Civilians 1939-45 Cemetery (S142.02)

NEWMP Ref No.: S142.02

Parish: Seaburn

Original Location:

Mere Knolls cemetery, on north side of path leading from the gates at the NW corner.

Which War:

1939-45

Materials Used:

Brick wall, bronze plaque.

Present Condition: Foliage removed 2007

Inscription:

County Borough of Sunderland
1939-1945.
In everlasting memory we record the
names of those civilians who lost their
lives through enemy action on this town
and are interred in this cemetery.

To the Glory of God.

Memorial Description:

Plaque mounted on a plain brick wall.

At centre top is the Sunderland Borough coat of arms raised in half relief.

The dates “1939” and “1945” are on each side of the badge.

The names are listed in three columns, the lettering in raised Roman capitals.

Names:

83 full names.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The foliage was removed mainly through the efforts of Mr. Alan Vickers who wrote to the local council requesting that the area be tidied.

Sources:

Photos: Simon Raine; Alan Vickers; James Pasby

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
Alan Vickers;
James Pasby

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Names Documents:

0SEABURN   Mere Knolls cemetery

 

  County Borough  (Badge)   of Sunderland

  1939                      1945

  In everlasting memory we record the

  names of    those civilians who lost their

  lives through enemy action on this town

  and are interred in this cemetery.

 

  To the Glory of God.

 

  Emily J. Alcock       Joseph Jobling         John C. Simpson  

  Mary J. Alcock        Doris Jobling          John W. Simpson

  Albert Alcock         Samuel Johnson         Lilian Sinclair

  Mary B. Atkinson      William H. Kennard     Lancelot G. Slawther

  John Barras           Lilian Kirtley         Alice J. Spanton

  Joseph Cairns         Elizabeth A. Laidler   Isabella Stephenson

  Margaret H. Chell     Elspeth M. Matthews    Joseph Stephenson

  Isabella Coxon        Jane A. Matthews       Edith Maud Storey

  Isabella Easby        Ellen Matthews         Audrey Storey

  Douglas W. Easby      William G. Matthews    Edith Marion Storey

  Florence A. Evans     William Middlemiss     Anthony R. Storey

  June B. Evans         James Miller           Edith Swaddle

  Mary E. Fenney        Eric R. Miller         John Swaddle

  John Fenney           Gladys H. Miller       Mary E. Swalwell

  Louisa A. Flett       Gordon Miller          Henry Taylor

  Dorothy Forster       Dennis Miller          Henry L. Taylor

  Margaret Foster       Alan G. Miller         Eleanor W. Taylor

  Frederick W. Forter   Margaret Moore         Thomas Thompson

  Joseph Gowland        Elizbeth Moore         Hannah M. Thompson

  Gladys H. Haswell     Ellen Morgans          Sarah Thwaites

  George H. Haswell     George H. Peel         Evelyn Thwaites

  David D. Haswell      Sarah A. Pennel        Mary Thwaites

  John N. Haswell       Rose M. Pennel         George Todd

  John S. Henderson     Walter Phillips        Mary Ann Usher

  Florence A. Henderson William Saint          Lewis Viner

  Elsie Holt            John T. Shovelin       William Walton

  Mary J. Hughes        Annie Sillett          Watts D. Warne

  Edward Innins         John Sillett           Emma Warne

NamesS142.02  

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