War Memorials Elsewhere, - St. John's Chapel, Weardale

The War Memorial for St. John's Chapel, Weardale.
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

The War Memorial for St. John's Chapel, Weardale (County Durham) contains 18 names from the First World War, and 14 names from the Second World War. Additionally, there are the names of 7 airmen who lost their lives in a nearby crash in 1943.
Full details of the memorial, with all inscriptions, can be found on
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grey-panther/sets/72157624855166973/

One soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on this memorial, - Private W H Greaces (though the memorial records him as being a Lance Corporal).

Private William Henry Greaves. 201996. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph Keighly Greaves and Mary Ann Greaves; husband of Frances Greaves, of The King's Arms Hotel, St. John's Chapel, Weardale, Co. Durham. Killed 26 March 1918. Aged 43.
Born Yeadon, Enlisted Darlington, Resided Weardale (Durham).
Commemorated on Panel 31 and 32, POZIERES MEMORIAL.

Names from the First World War on the St. John's Chapel War Memorial (Photo : Edward Nicholl)	Names from the Seocnd World War on the St. John's Chapel War Memorial (Photo : Edward Nicholl)

Names of the seven airmen who died in 1943 on the St. John's Chapel War Memorial
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

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