Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque South Africa 1899-1902 St. Cuthbert
Reference
B111.17
Place
BLAYDON
Map ref
NZ 184633
Original Location
St. Cuthbert’s Church, Shibdon Road,
Blaydon, NE21 5AE. On south wall.
Blaydon, NE21 5AE. On south wall.
Which war
South Africa 1899-1902
Memorial Description
Two rectangular plaques set in the same elaborate fame. The upper is the original to which the lower has been added. The upper plaque has an elaborate border of chevron design with leaves in the spaces. In each corner is a square device with leaves. At centre top in an oval frame on a chequered background is a scene of a soldier in front of a cannon and holding a rifle. The dedication is below this. The names are listed in two columns, each column set at an angle to the centre. Beneath these is a regimental badge, with the quotation under. The lettering is in a variety of fonts.
The plaque below is much smaller. The names are listed in three columns with a line between, using sans serif capitals.
The plaque below is much smaller. The names are listed in three columns with a line between, using sans serif capitals.
Materials used
Brass
Inscription
1. Boer Campaign 1899-1901. This tablet / was placed here by public subscription / in grateful recognition of the services rendered / by the volunteers and reservists / who went from Blaydon-on-Tyne / to fight the battle of our country in South Africa.
“God is our refuge and strength, / a very present help in trouble.”
2. Further contingent of men who left during 1901 and 1902.
“God is our refuge and strength, / a very present help in trouble.”
2. Further contingent of men who left during 1901 and 1902.
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
G. Robson, Blaydon.
Notes
1. The scene at the top appears to be similar to that on the Boer War plaque formerly in North Shields and now in the Land of Green Ginger, Tynemouth.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Errol Broomfield; Ron Carson; Tony Harding
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; Errol Broomfield; Ron Carson; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Plaque South Africa 1899-1902 St. Cuthbert (B111.17)
Blaydon, St. Cuthbert’s Church.
1899 1901
Boer Campaign
This Tablet
was placed here by public subscription
in grateful recognition of the services rendered
by the Volunteers and Reservists
who went from Blaydon-on-Tyne
to fight the battle of our country in South Africa.
Volunteers Regulars
and
Reservists
Robert Higgins James Ward
Roger Potter Charles Brooks
Geo. R. Chilton John White
Thomas Daglish Daniel Dempsey
Joseph Aiston William Machin
William Battensby Fenwick Emmerson
Hodgson Jackson William Thompson
John Wilkinson William Dixon
Robert O. Walker Ernest Roberts
Robert O. Patterson George Mills
George Lowdon Joseph Smith
John James William King
William Hodgson William Heild
John Whistance Joseph Robson
Walter March William Corby
William Hunter Albert Butler
Thomas Hunter Andrew Larner
George Marley
Thomas Dixon
God is our refuge and strength
and very present help in trouble
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Lower panel
Further contingent of men who left during 1901 and 1902
Thomas Tulley Herbert Dudley J.F. Brown
George English William Dudley Henry Hodgson
Peter Donnelly James Davison John A. Vallance
William Gallagher Eddie Thompson John McCourt
Robert Charlton Geo. Thompson W.J. Daglish
William Larner Geo. Maughan Edward Waugh
Matthew Larner William Hall J. Campbell
NamesB111.17
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