Memorial
Lieutenant H W Cummins
Current Location
On south wall of south aisle, St Peter's Church, Princes Street, Bishop Auckland, Wear Valley, Durham, DL14 7DB, England
OS Grid Reference
NZ 20811 29682
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
Contribute to the War Memorials Register
Send us details and photographs of your local war memorials, to help enhance the information about the people, places and events they commemorate.
This record shows everything IWM currently knows about this memorial. We are continually updating our records.
© WMR-19007
To share information or photographs, contact us.
- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 19007
- Description
- Copper Plaque set on wood pattress. There is a dome and centre top. There is a border of ivy leaves set on a blackened background. At centre top is the badge of the Yorkshire Regiment. The lettering is in elongated Roman capitals with some italics.
- Inscription
- To the glory of God and in proud and loving memory of/ Herbert Waller Cummins/ Lieut. 4th Battn. Yorkshire Regt. T.F./ (Alexandra, Princess of Wales’ Own)/ Youngest and dearly loved son of Jane and the late W.J. Cummins/ Born March 18th 1880 – Killed in action in/ Zouave Wood. At the 2nd Battle of Ypres. May 24th 1915./ whilst gallantly defending his sector of trench/ For King, Country and Freedom/ I am the Resurrection and the life saith the Lord: He that believeth in me though/ he were dead, yet shall he live, and whosever liveth and believeth in me shall never die./ St John, XI, 25.26.
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- surname, rank, date of death,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Components
- Plaque
Made from: Copper
Condition: Good
- Backboard
Made from: Wood
Condition: Good
- The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
- CWGC Entry-http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1608763/CUMMINS, HERBERT WALLER