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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Durham
- Town
- Brandon
- County
- Durham
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 20th July 1921
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Rededicated
Date: 1983
Attended by: MR IVOR ATKINSON - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 10227
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Current location
On village green just south of Prince Bishop Inn
Sawmills Lane
Brandon
Durham
Durham
DH7 8ST
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 23230 40039
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Brandon
Durham
Durham
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Brandon
- Description
- Plain Latin cross on front face of obelisk. Obelisk set on a plinth resting on four steps.
- Inscription
- Front face: IN/ MEMORY/ OF/ OUR HEROES WHO FELL/ IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ ALSO/ 1939 - 1945 Left face: 1914 - 1918 (names) Right face: 1914 - 1918 (names) Rear face: IN/ REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE FALLEN/ 19139 - 1945 WAR/ AND ALL OTHER/ CONFLICTS SINCE/ WE WILL/ REMEMBER THEM/ (names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brown, George
Chilton, Thomas
Cully, Samuel
Guyll, Arthur
Kelly, Edward
Robson, Henry
Rogers, Albert
Scohfield, Horace
Scott, Raymond
Sherrington, John
See details for all 13 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname ,forename
Order of information: Surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: depth c 610MM, height c 2740MM, width c 610MM
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- Memorial
- Listing information
- Brandon War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Brandon War Memorial
- WMO ID: 231051
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 27-10-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Dismantled by the Royal Engineers. The memorial was cleaned and the lettering redone by Smiths stonemasons. Names of the WW2 dead added on in 1989.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Brandon and Byshottles 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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