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Reference WMO/245433

Address:

Durham Cathedral

Durham

DH1 3EH

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Wall
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Post-1945 War or Conflict
About the memorial: A series of 3 tall, stone tablets, at the West end of the North Nave Aisle, with a mottled border, and each with a coloured crest denoting the three armed services plus a dedication in incised pink (?) lettering, surmounted between double columns supporting Doric arches. The central tablet has an additional semi-circular topped pediment with badge.
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Left Tablet: FOR ALL THOSE/ WHO ON EVERY/ CONTINENT AND/ AGAINST EVERY/ FOE MAINTAINED/ THE HONOUR OF/ THE BRITISH/ ARMS/ THANKS BE/ TO GOD Centre Tablet: FOR ALL THOSE/ WHO IN TIME OF/ WAR WENT DOWN/ TO THE SEA IN/ SHIPS - GIVING/ THEIR LIVES/ THAT WE MIGHT/ LIVE/ THANKS BE/ TO GOD Right Tablet: FOR ALL THOSE/ WHO GUARDED/ OUR HOMES FROM/ THE MANIFOLD/PERILS OF THE AIR/ AND WON FOR US/ THE FREEDOM OF/ THE SKIES/ THANKS BE/ TO GOD BottomTablet: REMEMBER WITH HONOUR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF COUNTY DURHAM OF ALL/ SERVICES AND ALL RANKS WHO SERVED IN THE WAR 1939 - 45 AND GIVE THANKS/ FOR THE COURAGE AND CONSTANCY OF THOSE WHOSE TASK WAS TO ENDURE +

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