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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Font or font cover
- District
- Tynedale
- Town
- Hexham
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 20th June 1948
Attended by: Rev. A.A. Smith (see also notes above)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 34113
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Current location
St Aidan's URC Church
Hencotes
Hexham
Tynedale
Northumberland
NE46 2EQ
England
OS Grid Ref: NY 93270 63926
Denomination: United Reformed
- Previous locations
- English Presbyterian Church
Battle Hill
Hexham
Tynedale
Northumberland
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Presbyterian
- English Presbyterian Church
- Description
- Font with brass plate insert, and matching lectern. The font is hexagonal, on a central stem, with decorated carved panels 1m high x 490 cm across top. The plaque measures 18cm high x 12cm wide. The lettering is in black Roman capitals with some initials and dates in red.
- Inscription
- DEDICATED/ TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND THE/ MEMORY OF THOSE/ OF THIS CONGREGATION/ WHO/ FELL IN THE/ WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barrie, Wn
Forster, D
Gibson, R
Smith, Fdm
White, Ri
See details for all 5 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename, decorations
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 180mm, width 120mm
Materials: Brass - Font
Measurements: height 1000MM, width 490MM
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
- Costs
Site: £39
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- WMSH51.14
- Hexham Courant 3.7.1998 Fifty years ago mentions unveiling
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7604
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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