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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)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 37073
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Current location
Fawcett Hill Methodist Church-closed
Wylam Street
Craghead
Derwentside
Durham
DH9 6EZ
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 21215 50768
Denomination: Methodist
- Description
- White Marble Tablet with shallow dome at the top, on a palin black marble pattress.Lettering is in fancy lettering for the top quotation, Gothic for the dedication and sans serifs capitals for the name etc, and italic capitals for the quotation at the bottom
- Inscription
- He liveth long, Who liveth well/In/Loving Memory of/PTE WILLIAM STAPLES, GRENADIER GUARDS/A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH, WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION SEPR 12TH 1918/AGED 23 YEARS/"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Staples, William
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, regiment, rank, manner of death, date of death, age
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Black
- Tablet
- 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
- Reference
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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