Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Easington
- Town
- Thornley in Easington
- County
- Durham
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 5 Nov 1961
Attended by: The Vicar, Rev. Philip G. Mold, B.D.
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 10292
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Current location
Thornley Methodist Church
Dunelm Road
Thornley in Easington
Easington
Durham
DH6 3HY
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 35946 39471
Denomination: Methodist
- Previous locations
- St Bartholomew's Church
Coopers Terrace
Thornley in Easington
Easington
Durham
DH6 3DB
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 36522 39711
Denomination: Church of England
- St Bartholomew's Church
- Description
- Book of Remembrance bound in blue leather with gold edges to the pages. The names are written in a single column on each of 29 pages. The book rests in a light brown wood case with glass top. On the front are carved the words “Presented by R.N. & H. Brewster of Thornley, 1961”
- Inscription
- a. Thornley British Legion / This book / records the names of those / who died in the service of their / Country in two World Wars / 1914-1919/[names] b. In Memory / of all those who lived or / worked in Thornley and who / died in the service of their / Country / 1939-1946/[names] c. [name]/Killed on active service / in Northern Ireland / 1973 Greater love hath no man than this / that a man / lay down his life / for his friends.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, J
Allison, T
Amos, J
Atkinson, J
Atkinson, W
Aunger, F
Bates, I
Bell, T
Bentham, E
Best, J
See details for all 160 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 134
Served and returned: 0
Died: 134
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, decorations
Order of information: alphabetically surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 24
Served and returned: 0
Died: 24
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: alphabetically surname - Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, year died
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Book
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Paper - Case
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Book
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Private
Details: Mr. and Mrs. Roland N. Brewster - Reference
- The Employees and Residents of Thornley, Ludworth and Wheatley Hill. Their contribution in the Great War 1914-1918; 2006 Fred Bromilow and Owen Rowland. Price £15
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=9465
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