Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Organ or organ part
- District
- Wear Valley
- Town
- Auckland Park
- County
- Durham
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: Oct 1919
Attended by: Mrs. Hare of Howlish Hall
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 71480
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Current location
Methodist Chapel
Douglas Crescent
Auckland Park
Wear Valley
Durham
DL14 8RG
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 22333 28911
Denomination: Methodist
- Description
- Organ. On it is an oak board of irregular shape with a double line border echoing the shape. The dedication is painted in elongated red and black Roman capitals.
- Inscription
- In memory of the Fallen/in the Great War/+ 1914 – 1919 +
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Organ or Organ part
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Organ or Organ part
- 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
- Auckland and County Chronicle 16/10/1919; 30/10/1919 reports unveiling
- www.mymethodisthistory.org.uk/topics-2/war_memorials/county-durham-newcastle-and-northumberland/auckland-park-methodist-church-shildon-circuit
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=10990
- Darlington & Stockton Times North 20/11/1920 reports opening of organ
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