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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Durham
- Town
- Durham
- County
- Durham
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 27th July 1921
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 41968
Current location
ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CANTEEN
SHIRE HALL
Aykley Heads
Durham
Durham
Durham
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 279 420
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- LARGE OAK BOARD WITH INCISED INSCRIPTION IN BLACK AND GILT LETTERING TWO PAINTED COUNTY SHIELDS AT EITHER END OF THE BOARD
- Inscription
- (NAMES) (EXACT INSCRIPTION UNKNOWN)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 252
Served and returned: 126
Died: 126
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 114
Served and returned: 57
Died: 57
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Board
- 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
- DATE UNKNOWN: ORIGINAL BRASS PLAQUE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY THE CURRENT OAK BOARD WHENT HE WW2 NAMES WERE ADDED
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- CDD47.52
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