Memorial Details
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Memorial
Pew end 4 x Christophers 1914-18 St. Thomas
Reference
S138.65
Place
STOCKTON ON TEES
Map ref
NZ 445192.
Original Location
St. Thomas’ Church (Stockton Parish Church), High Street.
Memorial Description
Pew end carved with a badge or family crest on one side and the statement below.
On the reverse is a carved scroll bearing the initials of four grandsons.
All lettering is in sans serif capitals.
On the reverse is a carved scroll bearing the initials of four grandsons.
All lettering is in sans serif capitals.
Materials used
Oak
Inscription
On front:
In memory of four Gt. Gt. Grandsons of Captain William Christopher, 1734-1797
On reverse:
L de L.C.
Flanders
G.G.B.
Dardanelles
W.O.C. D.S.O.
France
C.I.
Flanders
On reverse:
Flanders
G.G.B.
Dardanelles
W.O.C. D.S.O.
France
C.I.
Flanders
Names
See above.
Notes
1. “Since the war began several handsomely carved pew heads have been given to the church in memory of the dead, and one of the relates to four of Captain William Christopher’s great-great grandsons, all of whom were killed in the short space of eight weeks.
Captain Christopher was a distinguished commodore of the Hudson Bay Company’s fleet, and the communion rails and pillars supporting the Holy Table in the church were made from drift oak picked up by him when he sailed with Captain Cook on the his third and last voyage around the world.”
2. The only one which can be traced through CWGC files is Capt. L.C. de L. Christopher
. See below.
Further information is required to find references to the other three.
Captain Christopher was a distinguished commodore of the Hudson Bay Company’s fleet, and the communion rails and pillars supporting the Holy Table in the church were made from drift oak picked up by him when he sailed with Captain Cook on the his third and last voyage around the world.”
2. The only one which can be traced through CWGC files is Capt. L.C. de L. Christopher
. See below.
Further information is required to find references to the other three.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Tony Harding
Darlington & Stockton Times South 24/1/1920 reports information in Note 1 above.
Darlington & Stockton Times South 24/1/1920 reports information in Note 1 above.
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Research acknowledgements
Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall
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Pew end 4 x Christophers 1914-18 St. Thomas (S138.65)
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