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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Vase or flower holder
- District
- Tynedale
- Town
- Hexham
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 8th September 1946
Attended by: Rev Arthur A Smith
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 34109
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Current location
St Aidan's Church
Hencotes
Hexham
Tynedale
Northumberland
NE46 2EQ
England
OS Grid Ref: NY 93369 63961
Denomination: United Reformed
- Description
- PAIR OF ENGRAVED Brass FLOWER VASES. Lettering is in Roman capitals, 5 mm high, engraved on the outside of each vase near the base.
- Inscription
- SERGT. D.M. SMITH, R.A.F./ 15.12.44/ AGED 22
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Smith, Dm
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, date of death, service,forename, surname
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Vase
Measurements: height 190mm, width 100mm
Materials: Brass
- Vase
- 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: Private gift from Rev. & Mrs. A.A. Smith - Reference
- WMSH51.34
- Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, 1944. W.R. Chorley; Midland Counties Publication; 1997; ISBN 0 904597 91 1
- Morpeth Herald 13/9/1946 reports dedication
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7624
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