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Memorial
Communion set Beresford 1918 St. Columba
Reference
G39.112
Place
GATESHEAD
Original Location
St. Columba’s Mission Church. (Demolished). Situated on the corner of Alexandra Road and Peterborough Street. The latter street has gone but the church was west of the present St Joseph RC Primary School.
Present Location
Unknown
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Dedicated ?4th November 1919 by Canon Gouldsmith, Rector of Bishopwearmouth.
Memorial Description
Communion set
Materials used
Silver
Inscription
(Dedicated to the memory of Mr. Alfred Beresford, who died at sea in the service of his King and Country).
Names
See above
Who commissioned
Mrs. Beresford
Notes
1. H.M. Whaler Blackwhale was sunk by a mine off Fife Ness.
2. ERA Beresford is remembered on G39.004
2. ERA Beresford is remembered on G39.004
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Illustrated Chronicle 05/11/1919 reports dedication.
Durham County Record Office Ref: EP/Ga.SCo.
Durham County Record Office Ref: EP/Ga.SCo.
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall; James Pasby
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Communion set Beresford 1918 St. Columba (G39.112)
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