Memorial Details
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Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Working Men's Club
Reference
L63.04
Place
LANGLEY MOOR
Original Location
Langley Moor Working Men’s Club. High Street South.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled Oct. 1921 by Rev. Hayward.
Memorial Description
Plaque “massive, many feet long”. There were three panels. Those who fell were in the centre, those who served were named in the outer panels.
Materials used
Oak
Names
(45 names of those who fell, plus those who served) TRANSCRIPT NEEDED.
Present condition
Destroyed.
Notes
1. “When the club was demolished the memorial was offered to the DLI who turned it down. The memorial was then burnt”.
2. Rev. Hayward called it “a fine work of art and woodcraft”.
2. Rev. Hayward called it “a fine work of art and woodcraft”.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Auckland and County Chronicle 06/10/1921
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Eddie Castling; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale
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Plaque 1914-18 Working Men's Club (L63.04)
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