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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Durham
- Town
- Durham
- County
- Durham
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 89360
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Current location
Waddington Street URC Church
Waddington Street
Durham
Durham
Durham
DH1 4BG
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 26740 42641
Denomination: United Reformed
- Description
- White marble tablet on red marble backboard. Inscription in black capital lettering.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ JOHN ARCHY LAING, M. G. C./ WHO FELL IN ACTION AT/ DELVILLE WOOD, BATTLE OF THE SOMME,/ 31ST AUGUST 1916, AGED 19 YEARS./ Greater love hath no man than this, that a/ man lay down his life for his friends.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname and details of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- Tablet
- 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
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