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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)
- Maker
- James Lyons (Makers)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 2 Mar 1921
Attended by: Councillor William Thwaites, Mayor of Durham
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 41970
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Current location
The memorial can be found in the lobby.
Durham Town Hall
Market Place
Durham
Durham
Durham
DH1 3NJ
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 27370 42553
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Large dark oak board with carved coat of arms of City of Durham encircled by a wreath and with a mural coronet at top centre and pediment. Names in ten glazed panels - panels 1 to 7 are for WW1 and panels 8 to 10 are for WW2
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF CITIZENS WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/AND IN THE WAR 1939-1945/[names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 360
Served and returned: 0
Died: 360
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, regiment
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 154
Served and returned: 0
Died: 154
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, regiment
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Memorial
- 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
- Citizens of Durham
- WMO ID: 265704
- Condition: Good [last updated on 20-09-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- DURHAM COUNTY ADVERTISER; 25 FEB 1921
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7051
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