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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
- District
- Easington
- Town
- Murton
- County
- Durham
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 14 Oct 1920
Attended by: Lieut.Col. E. Vaux, CMG, of Sunderland - Unveiled
Date: July 1950
Attended by: Right Reverend J.A. Ramsbotham (Bishop of Jarrow) unveiled the WW2 memorial. - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 10281
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Current location
Holy Trinity Church
Church Lane
Murton
Easington
Durham
SR7 9RD
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 39297 46959
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Oak Screen, divided into three sets of two panels, onto each of which is fixed a brass plaque. The names are in a single column on each. Lettering is incised and painted blue.
- Inscription
- WW1 Panel 1:+ Our Glorious Dead +/[names] WW1 Panel 2: + In remembrance 1914-1919 +/[names] WW1 Panel 3: [names] WW2 (In the Panelling above Plaques 4 & 5): + In Remembrance 1939-1945 + WW2 Panel 4: (names) WW2 Panel 5: (names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alstone, Eleanor
Anderson, Thomas
Anderson, William
Anderson, William C
Arkley, Edward
Arthur, Fred
Arthur, Joseph
Atkinson, George
Ayres, James
Baines, Peter
See details for all 285 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 214
Served and returned: 0
Died: 214
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forenames
Order of information: Listed alphabetically by surname. - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 72
Served and returned: 0
Died: 72
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: Listed alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques / Panels with names
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Screen
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaques / Panels with names
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- History
- 28/7/1950: The Durham Chronicle's report of the unveiling of the WW2 plaques included mention that the WW1 plaques had been cleaned, rearranged, and placed on the north side of the chancel screen, and the new WW2 plates had been fixed to the south side of the chancel screen.
- Costs
Memorial: £450
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Church of England
- Reference
- Auckland and County Chronicle 15/5/1919 reports fund raising concert in the Empire Theatre
- www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/283877/
- The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7920 (for WW2)
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7919 (for WW1)
- Durham County Advertiser 15/10/1920 reports unveiling
- Newcastle Daily Chronicle Saturday 9/10/1920 reported: 'MURTON COLLIERY. At Holy Trinity Church, Murton Colliery, a war memorial screen was unveiled to the memory of Murton workmen who fell during the war. A short service was held, conducted by the Rev. G. W Anson Firth. Lieutenant-Colonel E. Vaux, C.M.G., of Sunderland, performed the unveiling ceremony. The screen, which is of oak, cost over £350, and the work was executed by Messrs. Emley and sons, of Newcastle. Many floral tributes were placed at the foot of the screen. The following names were inscribed upon the screen:...'. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001634/19201009/054/0002
- Press Cutting for WW1 unveilng & photograph-dcc-live-s3.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/FH0335-Murton-Holy-Trinity-Church_opt.pdf
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