Memorial Details
Memorial
Organ, Pulpit and Plaque 1914-18 St. Aidan Presbyterian
Reference
B25.42
Place
BERWICK ON TWEED
Original Location
St.Aidan's English Presbyterian
Present Location
St. Paul’s United Reformed Church, Spittal.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Organ installed August 1919 and played for the first time on Sunday August 24th by Dr Ross from Edinburgh.
The dedication of the plaque took place on 21st November 1920 unveiled and dedicated by Rev. J.M. Miller.
The dedication of the plaque took place on 21st November 1920 unveiled and dedicated by Rev. J.M. Miller.
Memorial Description
Organ. There is a plaque 6 inches high x 9 inches wide. Around the edge is a pattern of laurel leaves. The letters are sunk in casting, the name at the top in Gothic lettering, the dedication in sans serif capitals. The quotation at the bottom is in sans serif italic capitals. The names are listed in three columns using Roman capitals with a vertical pattern dividing the columns. At the bottom right hand corner are the set into the border are the silver marks of Thistle, then plaque maker (Mackay and Chisholm), a castle and the letter P.
Materials used
Silver
Inscription
St. Aidan’s English Presbyterian Church, Berwick on Tweed / To the Honour and Glory of God / and in proud memory of the men of this congregation / who fell in the Great European War / 1914-1919 / the organ of this church is dedicated.
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
Names
Present condition
Organ and pulpit unknown. The plate is good.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Organ was installed by Messrs Catlin and Co. Mayfield Organ Works, Edinburgh.
Plaque was made by Mackay and Chisholm
Notes
1. The Berwick Advertiser 26/11/1920 reports :- This tablet has been affixed to the front of the handsome oak pulpit which the pipe organ has been placed along with, in the Church as a memorial. The organ was opened in the end of August last year. The pulpit was dedicated a few weeks later and now that the tablet has been added the Memorial is complete.
2. St. Aidan’s closed as a U.R. Church in 1977 and is now the St. Aidan’s Peace Church.
3. When the plaque was moved, there was no place for it anywhere so it was fixed to the 1939-45 board. The fate of the organ and pulpit is not known.
2. St. Aidan’s closed as a U.R. Church in 1977 and is now the St. Aidan’s Peace Church.
3. When the plaque was moved, there was no place for it anywhere so it was fixed to the 1939-45 board. The fate of the organ and pulpit is not known.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: J. Brown
North Mail 27/08/1919 carries brief report of unveiling.
Berwick Advertiser 29/08/1919 reports first use of organ and gives a description.
26/11/1920 reports memorial tablet unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 27/11/1920 reports dedication.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 23/11/1920 reports unveiling.
Source of quotation:
“Dulce et decorum est . . .” Horace, Odes Book 3, No.2, 1.13
North Mail 27/08/1919 carries brief report of unveiling.
Berwick Advertiser 29/08/1919 reports first use of organ and gives a description.
26/11/1920 reports memorial tablet unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 27/11/1920 reports dedication.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 23/11/1920 reports unveiling.
Source of quotation:
“Dulce et decorum est . . .” Horace, Odes Book 3, No.2, 1.13
Research acknowledgements
J. Brown; Dorothy Hall
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Organ, Pulpit and Plaque 1914-18 St. Aidan Presbyterian (B25.42)
SPITTAL, St. Aidan’s United Reformed Church
St. Aidan’s English Presbyterian Church, Berwick on Tweed
To the Honour and Glory of God
and in proud memory of the men of this Congregation
who fell in the Great European War
1914 - 1919
the organ of this church is dedicated.
Robert Bell Adam Gladstone Thomas Logan
Robert Bremner William Grieve George Macleod
Christopher Burns Thomas Grieve Thomas Laing Robson
Thomas Crosbie Thomas Heslop John S. Scott
George Henry Evans William Heslop Richard Scott
James Evans George Hogg Stafford Wilson
Hugh White John R. White
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
NamesB25.42
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