Memorial

St Peter's Church, West Sleekburn - WW1 and WW2

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Current Location

West Sleekburn Village Hall, Wansbeck Terrace, Choppington, Wansbeck, Northumberland, NE62 5XD, England

OS Grid Reference

NZ 28078 85335

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 33970
Description: Wall-mounted, wooden board with three panels and a triangular pediment in which the dedication is painted in gold lettering. Beneath the pediment, the emblem of the Discharged Sailors and Soldiers organisation is flanked by painted figures - a sailor on the right and a soldier on the left - below which on the first panel are two columns of WW1 names. Two supplementary panels appear to have been added later, on which additional WW1 and then, beneath these, the WW2 names were inscribed. All lettering is in gold-paint.
Inscription: THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ FOR GOD, KING AND COUNTRY./ ROLL/ OF/ HONOUR/ (NAMES)/ THE HEROIC DEAD/ CONTINUED/ (NAMES)/ WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 109
Died: 109
Information shown: Surname, initials of forenames, Regiment
Order of names: surname.

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 15
Died: 15
Information shown: Surname, initials of forenames, Regiment
Order of names: surname

History

Maker(s): MESSRS HUGHES & BOLCKOW LTD, Builder
H. L. Honeyman, Architect
Sponsor Type: public
Sponsored By: Paid for by the local branch of the Discharged Soldiers' and Sailors' Association

Ceremonies

Unveiled

4 June 1920

Sir Thomas Oliver

Faculty Granted

16 December 1949

(for the WW2 extension to the memorial)

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