Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Sedgefield
- Town
- Fishburn
- County
- Durham
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1947
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Unknown
Date: 05 November 1986
Attended by: Fishburn British Legion - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 10308
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Current location
The memorial is located in the churchyard.
St Catherine Church
Front Street
Fishburn
Sedgefield
Durham
TS21 4AA
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 36216 32215
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Marble tablet on a marble kerb.
- Inscription
- Tablet: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF MEN FROM FISHBURN/ WHO FELL IN TWO WORLD WARS/ (Names)/ 1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945 Front Kerb Stone: LEST WE FORGET
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Binks, Robert
Caffney, James
Cockfield, Joseph
Coltman, Adamson
Coltman, Allen
Cummings, John
Foley, Frank
Hilder, Thomas
Hirst, Frederick
Jackson, Frederick
See details for all 20 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname.
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname. - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname.
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth 1940mm, height 820mm, width 1390mm
Materials: Marble
- Tablet
- 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
- Fishburn War Memorial
- WMO ID: 162257
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 03-04-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Site: 976 80
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public,other
Details: Public subscriptions and retail associates. - Responsibility
- Fishburn Parish Council
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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