Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 St. Benet R.C.
Reference
M46.08
Place
MONKWEARMOUTH
Map ref
NZ 399579
Original Location
St. Benet’s Roman Catholic Church. The Causeway.
SR6 0BH South side of chancel.
SR6 0BH South side of chancel.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Screen dedicated ?17th February 1919.
Memorial Description
Screen. It consists of a carved stone screen across the bay of one of the aisles.
Plaque, very plain, 2 feet 6 inches high x 2 feet wide. There is a single line border. At the top is a cross inside a sunken circle. The names are listed in three columns in sans serif capitals.
Plaque, very plain, 2 feet 6 inches high x 2 feet wide. There is a single line border. At the top is a cross inside a sunken circle. The names are listed in three columns in sans serif capitals.
Materials used
Copper
Inscription
Of your charity pray for the souls of / (Names) / who gave up their lives for their country in the war of 1914-1918. / Eternal rest give unto them O Lord, and let perpetual / light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.
Names
Notes
1. The paragraph in the Northern Echo reads:
“A handsome memorial shrine to those in the parish who have fallen in the war has been dedicated at St. Benet’s Redemptionist Church, Sunderland. It consists of a carved stone screen across the bay of one of the aisles and on a copper tablet will be inscribed the names of the fallen.”
2. 2015 the tablet is attached to the right pillar leading to the small chapel on the right of the main altar.
“A handsome memorial shrine to those in the parish who have fallen in the war has been dedicated at St. Benet’s Redemptionist Church, Sunderland. It consists of a carved stone screen across the bay of one of the aisles and on a copper tablet will be inscribed the names of the fallen.”
2. 2015 the tablet is attached to the right pillar leading to the small chapel on the right of the main altar.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders, Simon Raine; James Pasby
Northern Echo 18/02/1919 reports dedication of the screen
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
Source of quotation:
“Eternal rest give unto them . . .” Mass for the Dead.
Northern Echo 18/02/1919 reports dedication of the screen
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
Source of quotation:
“Eternal rest give unto them . . .” Mass for the Dead.
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-18 St. Benet R.C. (M46.08)
MONKWEARMOUTH St. Benet’s Roman Catholic Church.
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Of your charity pray for the souls of
Atkinson, A. Grady, Francis Moore, James G. Flt. Lieut.
Boyce, William Graham, Francis Morgan, George
Boyd, John F. Hoggett, John Murphy, John
Brennan, James Hollingsworth, Otho Murphy, William
Brown, Francis Hughes, Christopher Newton, John
Burns, William Jones, John Nightingale, Matthew
Cable, Samuel Kelly, William Nolan, Michael
Cain, George Killeen, James O’Brien, John
Callahan, John W. Lillystone, Sydney C. O’Halloran, Peter
Carlin, John Lochrane, Michael Oxley, Robert
Canning, James Maguire, James Pentland, John
Christie, Thomas Martin, Thomas Potter, James H.
Coleman, William McBride, Arthur Reynolds, Hugh J.
Corcoran, Michael McCormack, John Rock, Joseph
Corcoran, Martin McCormick, John Sec. Lt. Rutley, Thomas
Crosby, James McCready, William Rooney, Peter
Crinson, Thomas McCready, Samuel Scott, Andrew
Cuthbert, Stephen McGarrity, Charles Scott, George
Davison, Robert McGill, James Shovlin, James
Deans, William McGrevy, James Valente, Antony
Doyle, Richard McGrevy, Michael Welsh, Joseph
Duffy, Thomas McMahon, Peter Whelan, Michael
Duffy, Peter G. McNiff, Francis, Lieut. Wilson, John S.
Dyer, William McQuillan, Richard Winter, Thomas H.
Finn, Bernard McShane, Dominic Woodward, William
Geeling, Bernard Mowat, John Robinson, Frank E.
Who gave up their Lives for their Country in the War of 1914-1918
“Eternal rest give unto them O Lord, and let Perpetual
Light Shine upon them. May they Rest in Peace. Amen.”
NamesM46.08
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