Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Easington
Town
Seaham
County
Durham
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War - civilians
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
71020

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Current location

Seaham Cemetery
Princess Road
Seaham
Easington
Durham
SR7 7TD
England

OS Grid Ref: NZ 42555 48952
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Metal Board with curved top and bottom on stand. At centre top is the crest of Seaham Town Council. Names are listed in two columns by date. All lettering is in Roman capitals, the names in gold, the rest in white.
Inscription
This plaque commemorates those residents of Seaham who lost / Their lives in the Air Raid attacks during the 2nd World War / 1939-1945/[names]/Let them forever be remembered
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Appleton, Irene
Armstrong, Matthew Oliver
Bell, John
Bland, Joseph
Corkhill, Alan
Corkhill, Barbara Dixon
Corkhill, Gerald
Corkhill, June
Corkhill, Marion
Cuthbert, Wrightson Kirk
See details for all 58 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War - civilians
    Total names on memorial: 56
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 56
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forename, date of death
    Order of information: date of death
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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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