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First World War Memorial Plaque in All Saints' Church, Lanchester (Co. Durham)
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The First World War Memorial Plaque in All Saints' Church, Lanchester, is a pPlaque of bronze coated in black lacquer, approx. 24 inches high x 36 inches wide. There is a patterned border of raised dots. The wording is in a central rectangular panel with rounded corners. In the spaces created by these corners is a raised pattern of swirling leaves. The quotation “Their name liveth for evermore” is in the inner lower border. Lettering is raised Roman capitals.
43 names of those who lost their lives in the First World War are commemorated on the memorial, including one woman. A transcript of the names is given on the North EastWar Memorials Project website.
2 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on the memorial.
Private John Robert Bateman. 27292. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Matthew and Margaret Bateman, of High Langley, Burnhope, Durham. Killed
17 August 1916. Aged 19.
Born Old Shawbridge (Yorks), Enlisted Consett, Resided Langley (Co. Durham).
Commemorated on Panels 44 and 45, LOOS MEMORIAL.
Private Sidney Duke. 7446. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of the late Mrs. E. Duke, of Gosport, Hants; husband of Lucy Sarah Perrin
(formerly Duke), of Station Cottages, Steyning, Sussex. Killed 31 October
1914. Aged 29.
Born Dorchester, Enlisted Gosport.
Buried YPRES TOWN EXTENSION CEMETERY.
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