Memorial

Saint Hild & Saint Helen WW1

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Current Location

On corner next to Melbury Street (formerly the Anglican church) , Saint Hild & Saint Helen Christian Fellowship, Mount Stewart Street, Dawdon, Durham, Durham, SR7 7NF, England

OS Grid Reference

NZ 42956 48303

Denomination

Pentecostal

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Church Fabric / Fitting: Altar or altar part
WMR Reference Number: 69899
Description: Oak altar screen with twin oak ambos on stone bases at each side of screen bearing inscriptions in gold/gilt lettering. The screen has a central divide at the top of the steps to the altar. The left- and right-hand sides of the screen are further divided into four sections with names inscribed in columns on each section.
Inscription: Left -hand pulpit: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ THIS SCREEN WAS ERECTED/ BY THE PARISHIONERS Right-hand pulpit: REST ETERNAL/ GRANT UNTO THEM,/ O LORD, AND LET/ PERPETUAL LIGHT/ SHINE UPON THEM./ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE. Screen panels: (Names...)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 180
Died: 180
Information shown: Surname, initial of forename
Order of names: Alphabetical by surname

History

Costs: £330
Sponsor Type: public
Sponsored By: Parishioners, Lord Londonderry
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: Lord Londonderry contributed £75 of cost

Ceremonies

Unveiled

24 July 1921

Lt. Col KJW Leather CBE, 4th DLI

Dedicated

24 July 1921

Rev E W Bolland

Conservation

Custodian: Saint Hild & Saint Helen Christian Fellowship

Components

Altar / Communion rail

Height: c.1070mm

Width: c.1980mm

Made from: Wood - Oak

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 407590

Church is listed

Pulpit

Height: c.1525mm

Width: c.1140mm

Depth: c.735mm