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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Easington
- Town
- South Hetton
- County
- Durham
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- A1 Sports & Trophies of Peterlee (Makers)
- Ceremony
- Faculty Granted
Date: 17 May 1995
Attended by:
- Faculty Granted
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 71103
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Current location
Holy Trinity Church
Front Street
South Hetton
Easington
Durham
DH6 2UY
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 37801 45249
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Brass Plaque on oak pattress. There is a single line border. The dates are at an angle across the top corners. The names are listed in two columns, using only the top half of the plaque. Lettering is in Roman capitals.
- Inscription
- 1939-1945 / Roll of Honour/[names] “Greater love hath no man / than this”
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anderson, Donald
Barron, Simon
Baty, William
Baty, William Scott
Boad, William
Burnett, James
Carr, Ernest
Donkin, James
Duddin, Martin
Emery, Horace
See details for all 27 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 27
Served and returned: 0
Died: 27
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 750mm, width 450mm
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: height 950mm, width 450mm
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaque
- 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
- Costs
Memorial: £150
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=8621
- The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
- A Gathering of Eagles, Robert Dixon, PublishAmerica, 2004 ISBN 1 4137 3498 7 contains an account of the service of Sergeant John Morrison in pages 207-211
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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