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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Derwentside
- Town
- Craghead
- County
- Durham
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), VC or GC Recipients
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 10 Aug 2001
Attended by: Len James, county councillor for 25 years to 2001
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18936
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Current location
Top of Shafto Terrace
Craghead
Derwentside
Durham
DH9 6DZ
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 21780 50955
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Metal Plaque mounted on a rough stone plinth, with a single line border. Lettering is in lower case Roman apart from the word 'Honouring' which is in capitals
- Inscription
- Heaviside Wood HONOURING Michael Heaviside VC
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Heaviside, Michael
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 1
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, decorations
Order of information: Undefined - VC or GC Recipients
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 1
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Stone of remembrance
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Tree
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Plaque
- 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
- Costs
Comments: This is part of the Great North Forest
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
Details: Craghead Area Partnership with help from Derwentside District Council - Reference
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Heaviside
- Durham Bugle Issue 1 September 2000 reports the new headstone
- Evening Chronicle 1/11/1999 tells the Heaviside Story and reports the erection of the headstone
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=10050
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