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Plaque 1939-45 St. Benet R.C.

Reference

M46.16

Place

MONKWEARMOUTH

Map ref

NZ 399579

Original Location

St. Benet�s Roman Catholic Church, The Causeway.
SR6 0BH South side of chancel.

Which war

1939-45

Memorial Description

Plaque 2 feet high x 1 foot 4 inches wide, very plain. At centre top is a cross in a circle with blackened background. The names are listed in two columns. All lettering is in sans serif capitals.

Materials used

Brass

Inscription

Of your charity pray for the souls of / (Names) / Who gave up their lives for their country / in the war of 1939 - 1945 / Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let / perpetual light shine upon them. / May they rest in peace

Names

24 full names.
See transcript.

Notes

1. The names include those killed by enemy action.

2. 2015 - the plaque in on the left pillar leading to the chapel to the right of the main altar.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: C. Sanders; James Pasby

The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101

Source of quotation:
�Eternal rest grant unto them . . .� Mass for the Dead

External web link

Durham at War

Research acknowledgements

C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall; Tony Redman

Research In Progress

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Plaque 1939-45 St. Benet R.C. (M46.16)

MONKWEARMOUTH  St. Benet’s Roman Catholic Church

   Of your charity pray for the souls of

   Matthew Butler          Elizabeth Anne Laidler

   Roy Campbell            Ellen Matthews

   Thomas Cook             Gerard Metcalfe D.F.M.

   Thomas Henry Drinkald   George Porter

   Frederick Farley        Leslie Ranee

   Elizabeth Feeney        Robert Riches

   John Feeney             Patricia Robson

   Stephen Feeney          Thomas Shovlin

   Henry Garman            William Sidney

   Fredrick James Gill     Frederick Southwick

   Thomas Killala          Thomas Tulip

   Henry Darling           Mark Dixon

   Who gave up their lives for their country

   in the war of 1939 - 1945

   Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let

   perpetual light shine upon them.

   May they rest in peace

NamesM46.16

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