Memorial

Frosterley War Memorial and Clock

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Current Location

External face of clock requires refurbishment. Interior casing and face of clock dismantled for safety reasons., Frosterley Village Hall,, 17 Front Street, Frosterley, Wear Valley, Durham, DL13 2QW, England

OS Grid Reference

NZ 02537 36945

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Clock or clock tower
WMR Reference Number: 10409
Description: Clock with black face and white Roman numerals, at first floor level, above the plaque. One dial 3 feet in diameter faces the street; another 2 feet in diameter faces into the hall. The marble tablet is 6 feet square and three inches thick. It is decorated with a gun raised in half relief on the left and a sword on the right. At centre top is a crest set within a laurel wreath raised in half relief. Below it another tablet has been added for 1939-45. In the top right and left hand corners is a stylised flower and leaves raised in half relief. Lettering is incised and blackened using Roman capitals throughout with the quotation in lower case Gothic.
Inscription: This tablet and clock / are erected in honour / of the 126 gallant men / of Frosterley who served in / the Great War 1914-1919 / and in memory of the following / who gave their lives./[names]/“Live Thou For England / We For England Died" 1939-1945/[names] “We Will Remember Them”

Commemoration

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 9
Died: 9
Information shown: forenames, surnames
Order of names: forenames, surname

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 19
Died: 19
Information shown: forenames, surnames
Order of names: forenames, surnames

History

Maker(s): JG Brown of Wolsingham, Builder
Sponsor Type: public
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: Plaque cost £90; clock cost £60

Ceremonies

Unveiled

1 May 1920

MRS J T GARDNER

Dedicated

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Frosterley War Memorial and Clock

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

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Frosterley War Memorial and Clock

Current Location

OS Grid Reference

Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

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Conservation

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