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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Easington
- Town
- Thornley in Easington
- County
- Durham
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 10294
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Current location
Methodist Chapel
Dunelm Road
Thornley in Easington
Easington
Durham
DH6 3HY
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 35946 39471
Denomination: Methodist
- Previous locations
- Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
Waterloo Street
Thornley in Easington
Easington
Durham
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Methodist
- Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
- Description
- Brass Plaque. The names are listed in a single column insans serif capitals throughout.
- Inscription
- To the glory of God /and / in memory of / (Names) / who gave their lives / in the war 1939-1945. Their names liveth for evermore
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brown, George
Greener, Thomas
Lee, Thomas
Madrell, Joseph
See details for all 4 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- The Employees and Residents of Thornley, Ludworth and Wheatley Hill. Their contribution in the Second World War 1939-1945. Fred Bromilow, Owen Rowland. Tom Tunney Jnr. Wheatley Hill History Club,2008 Price £18. Book is available from : Margaret Hedley, Broadmeadow, Durham Road, Wheatley Hill, DH6 3LJ
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=10172
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