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| John Scott Youll Victoria Cross paving stone, next to the a stone remembering those who worked at Thornley Colliery |
Last week on the blog we told you about John Scott Youll (Northumberland Fusiliers) winning the Victoria Cross. The ceremony took place on Friday 15 June 2018 and this week we have some photographs.
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| Vice Lord Lieutenant Alasdair MacConachie and Reverend Jon PL Whalley CF |
As well as local residents wanting to pay their respects, those in attendance included the Vice Lord Lieutenant Alasdair MacConachie, representatives from the East Durham Area Action Partnership, and from the 5th Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (5RRF). Lieutenant Colonel S Burton gave a reading and the service was led by the chaplain to the 5RRF, Reverend Jon PL Whalley CF.
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| Information panel telling the story of John Scott Youll |
The commemorative paving stone has been laid alongside the mining memorial (Youll had been an apprentice electrician at Thornley Colliery), and is less than 500m from The Villas, where John Youll had lived.
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