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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Teesdale
Town
Middleton In Teesdale
County
Durham
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 16 Jul 1922
    Attended by: Capt. Arthur E. Raine, Sunderland, a former scholar
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
10373

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Current location

in the porch
Methodist (formerly Wesleyan Methodist) Chapel
Chapel Row
Middleton In Teesdale
Teesdale
Durham
DL12 0SN
England

OS Grid Ref: Ny 94835 25418
Denomination: Methodist

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Description
Steel Plaque , set into an oak frame, which has an elaborate domed top and leaves raised in half relief at the corners and carvings down the sides. The metal plaque has a border of entwined leaves sunk in casting and enamelled red. All the headings are in Roman capitals. The names are listed in two columns using sans serif upper and lower case black lettering with some red initials.
Inscription
To the glory of God / and in honoured memory of the old / scholars of this circuit who fell / in the Great War / 1914-1919/[names]/Old Scholars of Middleton Sunday School who / served/[names]/“A people who jeoparded their lives, even unto death”.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Allinson, Ernest
Allinson, Fred
Allinson, Isaac
Allinson, W Eric
Allinson, Wilfred
Allinson, W Vincent
Anderson, J W
Bainbridge, Robt W
Bainbridge, Sidney
Beadle, Oswald
See details for all 65 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 65
    Served and returned: 50
    Died: 15
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height 775mm, width 500mm
    Materials: Steel
  • Frame
    Measurements: height 1075mm, width 650mm
    Materials: Wood - Oak
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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