Memorial

St John's Chapel

St John's Chapel War Memorial

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Current Location

On the village green in front of the town hall, Upper Weardale Town Hall , Market Place (A689), St John's Chapel, Wear Valley, Durham, DL13 1QF, England

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NY884379

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 10413
Description: Statue of soldier in Durham Light Infantry field service uniform with head bowed over reversed rifle. He rests on a square pillar with two deep pedestals resting on two steps. The whole sits in a small gravelled area with iron railings. The names for 1914-18 are on the front of the main pedestal, with the dedication and quotation on the front of the two deeper pedestals. The dates are raised in a sunken panel below. The names of those from 1939-45 are on the right. The names of 7 airmen who died at Green Lane are on the left. All lettering is in sans serif lettering throughout.
Inscription: a. FOR / GOD and Country/ (names)/ 1914-1919/ IN / PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR / Great War/ "THEY SERVE HIM DAY AND NIGHT IN HIS TEMPLE" b. IN / PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO FELL IN / THE 2ND GREAT WAR / 1939-1945 / (Names) c. IN / GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / OF THE SEVEN AIRMEN / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / AT GREEN LAWS / ON THE 7TH MAY 1943. / (Names)/ "COMRADES ALL, AT COUNTRY'S CALL".

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 18
Died: 18
Information shown: surname, forename, rank, regiment
Order of names: surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 14
Died: 14
Information shown: surname, forename, rank, regiment
Additional Information: these are the village losses

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 7
Died: 7
Information shown: surname, forename, rank, service
Order of names: surname
Additional Information: Airmen killed on 7th May 1943

War: Second World War - civilians
Number Commemorated: 3
Died: 3

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