Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wear Valley
- Town
- Tow Law
- County
- Durham
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), First World War - civilians
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: Jul 1921
Attended by: W. Charlton of Guisborough - Dedicated
Date: Jul 1921
Attended by: Bishop Henson of Durham - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 71406
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Current location
On the south wall behind the choir stalls
St Philip & St James Church
Church Lane
Tow Law
Wear Valley
Durham
DL13 4HE
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 12331 38493
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Brass Plaque. There is a single line border. At centre top is a cross. The names are listed in a single column, using elaborate capitals throughout.
- Inscription
- To the Glory of God / and in memory of the Men who / laid down their lives for their / country in the Great War/[names] “Lord all pitying, Jesu blest / Grant them Thine eternal rest”
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Agar, Nicholas R
Burrows, James Henry
Burrows, Joseph Williams
Charlton, Bernard H
Coates, George
Ellison, Percy
Harle, James
Hodgson, William
Humphreys, H St G
Humphreys, John Tg
See details for all 14 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, regiment, decorations
Order of information: surname - First World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surnmae, initials of forenames, manner of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- 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
- Bishop Henson’s Diary 22/7/1921 contains comment in Note 1 above
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=10741
- Auckland and County Chronicle 28/7/1921
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