Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Durham
- Town
- West Rainton
- County
- Durham
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: May 1921
Attended by: Colonel Ritson
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 10250
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Current location
St Mary's Church
Church Row
West Rainton
Durham
Durham
DH4 6NR
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 32297 46884
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Plaque 3 feet high x 4 feet 6 inches wide. It is in three separate panels, the central one having a flattened dome at the top. There is a wide edge of brown mottled marble which also divides the three panels vertically. The two outer panels bear mosaics of St.George and St.Alban. The central panel of white marble has a cross at centre top with palm leaves. The names are listed in three columns. All lettering is incised and coloured, the dedication in Roman capitals, the names in lower case, and the quotation at the bottom in italics.
- Inscription
- To the Glory of God / and in everlasting memory of the men of / this Parish who fell in the Great War / 1914-1918/[names]/ “In Christ shall all be made alive”.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adair, R
Allport, H
Barker, E
Bell, C
Bell, J
Bowman, M
Bowman, M
Brown, J
Clark, G F
Cummings, T
See details for all 51 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 51
Served and returned: 0
Died: 51
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble, Alabaster
- Memorial
- 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
- There is a crack in the lower edge
- Costs
Memorial: £120
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=9173
- St. Mary’s, West Rainton Newsletter No.2 October 1919 carries a continuation of a list of names of those killed with further details. -see file in the 'images' section of this report
- Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 28/5/1921 reports unveiling “recently”
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