Memorial, Loud Terrace, Stanley, Durham

Photograph taken 24 May 2000 © Mr Bob Cottrell ARPS AFIAP DPAGB. Source Historic England Archive ref: 439241

This memorial stone to Pilot Officer Joyce was put up by local people in 1919. It was restored and rededicated in 1950. The inscription reads 'It was here that Pilot Officer Joyce met his death on the night of March 13 1918'. The obelisk has a carving of the arms of the Royal Flying Corps which was the forerunner of the RAF. A second inscription, on the lower step, commemorates Sergeant Observer Joyce, his son, who died in 1940. Many families lost men in both world wars.

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Durham Stanley

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World War One (1914 - 1919)

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The Maiwand Memorial was put up in 1886 in the form of a cast iron statue of an enraged lion. It is 3 times life size. The inscription reads "This monument records the names and commemorates the valour and devotion of xi (11)officers and cccxviii (318) non-commissioned officers and men of the lxvi (66th) Berkshire Regiment who gave their lives for their country at Girisk, Maiwand and Kandahar during the Afghan campaign 1879-80 Read official list description.

Memorial, Loud Terrace, Stanley, Durham

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