Memorial Details
Memorial
Organ and Plaque 1914-18 St. Paul
Reference
Q3.05
Place
QUARRINGTON HILL
Map ref
NZ
Original Location
St. Paul’s Church (demolished)
Present Location
The plaque was moved to Christ the King Church (since demolished). It is now in the Community Centre.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 8th August 1920 by Dean Welldon of Durham
Memorial Description
Organ, double manual with fourteen stops.
Plaque 2 feet 6 inches high x 1 foot 10 inches wide set on a wood pattress 2 feet high x 2 feet 9 inches wide. There is a single line border with studs at intervals, the line going round the studs. The words “To the glory of God”, the place name headings and the quotation at the bottom are in red enamel. The names are listed in seven columns. All lettering in the dedication is elaborate upper and lower case, the names are in Roman black lettering with some red.
Plaque 2 feet 6 inches high x 1 foot 10 inches wide set on a wood pattress 2 feet high x 2 feet 9 inches wide. There is a single line border with studs at intervals, the line going round the studs. The words “To the glory of God”, the place name headings and the quotation at the bottom are in red enamel. The names are listed in seven columns. All lettering in the dedication is elaborate upper and lower case, the names are in Roman black lettering with some red.
Materials used
Brass plaque on oak pattress.
Inscription
To the glory of God / and in memory of the men / of the parish of Cassop-cum-Quarrington with Bowburn / who fought and died for Justice and Liberty / in the Great War 1914-1919
Their names shall live for ever
Names
Cost
£200
How money was raised
Public subscription
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Organ supplied and erected by Mr. W. Lawson of South Shields.
Notes
1. The Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail 09/08/1920 reports:-76 men who fell in the war; 33 belonged Bowburn, 16 to Cassop and 27 to Quarrington.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; Mike Syer
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail 09/08/1920 reports unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Auckland and County Chronicle 12/08/1920 reports unveiling.
Durham Chronicle 13/08/1920 reports unveiling.
Source of quotation:
“Their names shall live for ever”. Presumably based on “Ecclesiasticus 44: Their name liveth for evermore".
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail 09/08/1920 reports unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Auckland and County Chronicle 12/08/1920 reports unveiling.
Durham Chronicle 13/08/1920 reports unveiling.
Source of quotation:
“Their names shall live for ever”. Presumably based on “Ecclesiasticus 44: Their name liveth for evermore".
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders; Clive Lawson; Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall; Mike Syer
Research In Progress
Bowburn Local History Society have researched the names on the Quarrington Hill memorials
Contact: mike.syer@btinternet.com
Organ and Plaque 1914-18 St. Paul (Q3.05)
QUARRINGTON HILL St.Paul’s Church
To the glory of God
and in memory of the men
of the parish of Cassop-cum-Quarrington with Bowburn
who fought and died for Justice and Liberty
in the Great War 1914-1919
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4
Bowburn
T. Allison R. Bell W. Blenkinsopp R. Blenkinsopp
C. Carling E. Cooper J. Gillingham J. Glazier
W. Hall J. Hunter J. McKeown M. Lowery
J. Morley H. Moore T. Mitchell R. Moreland
T. Ramshaw W. Ramsay J. Smith A. Scott
Column 5 Column 6 Column 7
R. Blackburn W. Baker T. Brunskill
J.T. Griffiths W.J. Harrington J. Hall
R. Lawson R.W. Lindsay J. Lindsay
J.G. Purvis A. Pearson T.H. Pragnell
C. Waugh W. Snooks J.P. Wake
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4
Cassop
R. Bestford H. Chipchase R. Carter J. Gray
D. Mackey F. Newby R.W. Raine R.W. Todd
G. Wilson W. Wilson
Column 5 Column 6 Column 7
W. Galloway S. Jones W. Lawson
W.H.L. Taylor J.C. Taylor R. Walton
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4
Quarrington
R. Applegarth J. Bestford R. Dobinson J. Eslick
J. Hutchinson R.W. Jones L. Kell P. Kitchingman
T.H. Moyle T. Mangle T. Price A. Perryman
J. Tunstall W. Taylor W. Walker J. Wynwood
Column 5 Column 6 Column 7
T. Graham F. Hurton J.F. Hodgson
M. Lawson R. Lloyd G. Lamb
H. Race J. Smith R. Seaton
E.B. Williams J.W. Wood
“Their names shall live for ever”
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