Memorial Details
Memorial
Roll of Honour Fallen of Parish 1914-18
Reference
A14.06
Place
ANCROFT
Original Location
Not known.
Present Location
Northumberland Collections Service, Woodhorn.
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Roll of Honour, 11 inches high x 8 inches wide (285 mm x 200 mm), on standard printed Mowbrays 338 pre-printed card. Now without its frame. The quotation “Greater love . . .” is at the top, printed on each side of a cross. The second and third quotations are at the bottom. The dates and names are handwritten. The names are listed in two columns.
Materials used
Card.
Inscription
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Names of the men from this Parish who have given / their lives for their King and Country.
“Blessed are the dead”:
“Father, in Thy gracious keeping / Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.”
Names of the men from this Parish who have given / their lives for their King and Country.
“Blessed are the dead”:
“Father, in Thy gracious keeping / Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.”
Names
Notes
1. Compare this with Haggerston H2.01
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Northumberland Collections Service, Woodhorn, Ref. EP 17/50
Source of quotations:
“Greater love hath no man than this . . .” (John 15 v 13)
“Blessed are the dead” Revelation 14 v 13
“Father in Thy gracious keeping . . .” Hymn “Now the labourer’s task is o’er”.
Source of quotations:
“Greater love hath no man than this . . .” (John 15 v 13)
“Blessed are the dead” Revelation 14 v 13
“Father in Thy gracious keeping . . .” Hymn “Now the labourer’s task is o’er”.
Research acknowledgements
Tony Harding; Staff at Northumberland Collections Service, Woodhorn
Research In Progress
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Roll of Honour Fallen of Parish 1914-18 (A14.06)
This is now very difficult to read. The names have been compared with A14.02.
1914 1918
Greater love hath no [cross] that a man lay down his
man than this, life for his friends.
Parish of Ancroft
Roll of Honour
Names of the men from this Parish who have given
their lives for their King and Country.
Geoffrey Lambton Sergt. A. Middlemiss, W. Yorks
W.R.M. Crossman L.Cpl A.A. Scheurer M.R.
Joseph Edmondson D.L.I Private R. Campbell Blk. Wtch
George Naylor Leyland " Jos. Hardy M.G.C.
John A. Tower Robertson " Jn. Hardy N.F.
William Chambers K.O.S.B. " C. Johnston N.F.
David McNichol Bk.W. " F. Patrick N.F.
Andrew Turner D.L.I. " P. Pomfret C.G.
L.Cpl John Athey Blk.W. " R. Pringle N.F.
Thomas H. Edmondson D.L.I. " Wm. Taylor
John Mather N.F.
"Blessed are the dead"
Father, in Thy gracious keeping
Leave we now Thy servant sleeping
NamesA14.06
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