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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Table
- District
- Tynedale
- Town
- Hexham
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 34096
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Current location
Salvation Army Citadel
Market Street
Hexham
Tynedale
Northumberland
NE46 3NS
England
OS Grid Ref: NY 93583 64169
Denomination: Salvation Army
- Description
- A light oak Holiness Table (1065mm wide by 915mm high by 560mm deep). The drops at the side are heavily carved with a pattern of leaf stems. The angles between the tops of the legs and the top are also filled in with carved triangular panels. In the centre front is a small brass plaque, 95mm wide by 70mm high, which bears the dedication, in Roman capitals, sunk in casting and enamelled black.
- Inscription
- Dedicated to the glory of God/ in memory of/ Sergeant Mattie Thompson/ aged 23/ 6th Black Watch R.H.R./ killed in action in Tunisia/ 26th April 1943/ presented by his Dad, Mam & Stan.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Thompson, Mattie
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, date of death, regiment, place of death, forename, manner of death,age, relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 70mm, width 95mm
Materials: Brass - Table
Measurements: depth 560mm, height 915mm, width 1065mm
Materials: Wood - Oak
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
Details: By his parents - Reference
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