War Memorial, Thornley Village, County Durham

  • Description

    "This memorial is in the small village of Thornley in the Durham Dales. There are only about 25 homes in the village today. The memorial, all lettering is capitalised: In thanksgiving to God for victory and to the memory of our valiant dead 1914-1918 Captain N F Humphreys Lieutenant J T G Humphreys Lost on Lusitania H St. G Humphreys Sergt-Major A Hutchinson Corporal T Lowson Corporal R E Robinson Private J A Hutchinson Private J H Foster Major R. Q. F. Johnston, 1st Battn. D.L.I., Tobruk, 21st Jan. 1941. Lieutenant T. H. Vickers, 6th Battn. D.L.I., El Alamein, 2nd Nov. 1942." Photo by Ian Porter, 2009.
  • Owner

    Ian Porter
  • Source

    Geograph (Geograph)
  • License

    What does this mean? Creative Commons License
  • Further information

    Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1211821
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 6 years, 8 months ago
    Viewed: 726 times
    Picture Taken: 2009-03-19
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