Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Durham
- Town
- Durham
- County
- Durham
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 20 July 1952
Attended by: Revd J H S Wild, Dean of Durham
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 41907
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Current location
In the Durham Light Infantry Memorial Chapel
Durham Cathedral
Palace Green
Durham
Durham
Durham
DH1 3ES
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 27360 42133
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Leather bound book of remembrance with names arranged by date. Lettering in black, green and red and each page headed with regimental badge. The lectern case is two-sided with a swiveling top. One side is for the 1914-18 Book of Remembrance and the other for the 1939-45 Book. St George and the Dragon flanked by St Cuthbert and King Oswald at the top of the screen. Badges of the Regular, Territorial and Militia Battalions are depicted
- Inscription
- Case:1939 THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE 1945 Book, Cover: ROLL OF/ HONOUR
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3011
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3011
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment
Order of information: year died
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Book
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Parchment, Leather - Case
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood, Glass
- Book
- 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
- History
- The pages are turned daily.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7014 (for a full transcript of pages 1 to 50 & full photographic record)
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=11524 (for a full transcript & photographic record of pages 50 onwards)
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