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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wear Valley
- Town
- Witton-le-Wear
- County
- Durham
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 71370
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Current location
North Wall
below the WW1 plaque
St Philip & St James Church
High Street
Witton-le-Wear
Wear Valley
Durham
DL14 0AY
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 14778 31287
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Plaque, very plain, on which the lettering is incised using sans serif lower case for the dedication and capitals for the names. Below is a shelf and bracket on which a vase of poppies was placed and underneath which a wreath was hung.
- Inscription
- In memory of those men / from Witton-le-Wear / who gave their lives / in the Second World War./[names]/We remember
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Craig, John T
Dent, Robert
Mortimer, Stanley
Simpson, Leslie
See details for all 4 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, regiment, decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=9204
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