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Colton-Triptych

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Reference WMO/175968

Address:

Holy Trinity Church

off Colton Hill

Colton

LA12 8HF

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Triptych
Materials:
  • Metal Brass
  • Metal Copper
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Painted
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Wooden Board (on the west wall), the centre panel being within a super-imposed copper cross, and with two opening doors.The casualties are on the centre panel, those who served and returned are on the side doors. The first letters of the surnames of the casualties is in gold, and of the others is in red, otherwise all the lettering is in black. Made by Hughes Bolckow, Shipbreakers & builders of Blyth, Northumberland. There is a small brass plaque on the bottom of the memorial (behind the pictures in the photograph) recording that it was made from timbers recovered from HMS Britannia, Cadet training ship at Dartmouth 1869-1905 [but not broken up until 1916]- this was one of their standard lines. They also made folding chairs and tea trolleys etc from the timbers. The centre panel was made in 1919 and the doors added in 1923.
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FOR GOD, KING & COUNTRY/GREATER LOVE HATH/NO MAN THAN THIS/[names]/THE HEROIC DEAD/ROLL OF HONOUR/[names]/

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