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Plaque Paratroopers Minster

Reference

S140.150

Place

SUNDERLAND

Map ref

NZ 392569

Original Location

The Minster. St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, High Street West. Bishopwearmouth. On north pillar of the narthex.

Which war

None

Memorial Description

Wood frame 29 inches high x 23½ inches wide with glass front containing three sheets of paper, each bearing a single line border culminating in a red square containing an ?oak leaf. The top sheet, set in landscape format, bears the title, dedication, the badge of the Paratroop Regiment and the lines from Binyon's poem "For the Fallen".
The two lower sheets, presented in portrait format, bear the names in a single column on each, printed in black with the initials in red.

Materials used

Wood frame, paper sheets mounted on card.

Inscription

Roll of Honour
In memory of deceased members of Sunderland and District Branch / Parachute Regimental Association
(Badge of Parachute Regiment)
Utrinque paratus
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old. / Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. / At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, / We will remember them.

Names

53 names and regiments,
including one who died in Afghanistan.
See transcript.

Notes

1. The Motto “Utrinque paratus” translates as “Ready for Anything”.

2. These men did not necessarily die in wartime. The dedication is to “deceased members of the Sunderland District Branch”.

3. The case has a label saying that the Curator of the memorial is Stan Fowler, whose name also appears as the copyright holder alongside the date 2001.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photo: Tony Harding

External web link

Durham at War

Research acknowledgements

Tony Harding

Research In Progress

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Plaque Paratroopers Minster (S140.150)

 
SUNDERLAND The Minster.  
Top sheet
   Roll of Honour
   In memory of deceased members of Sunderland and District Branch
   Parachute Regimental Association
   
   (Badge of Parachute Regiment)
   
   Utrinque paratus
   
   They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old.
   Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
   At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,
   We will remember them.
---------------------------------------------------------
Left hand sheet
   J. Fenwick, Border Regiment.
   A. Trueman, Glider Pilot Regiment.
   F. Young, Parachute Regiment.
   J. Carr, Border Regiment.
   P. Carrol, Border Regiment
   W. Valente, Parachute Regiment.
   J. Speed, Parachute Regiment.
   N. White, Parachute Regiment.
   T. Turner, Border Regiment.
   H. Kitney, Royal Army Service Corps.
   A. King, Royal Army Medical Corps.
   G. Attenborough, Border Regiment.
   A. Chisholm, Border Regiment.
   J. Moore, Royal Artillery.
   L. Thompson, Royal Artillery.
   W. Bell, Parachute Regiment.
   W. Horrox, Border Regiment.
   R. Owers, Parachute Regiment.
   J. Oakes, Parachute Regiment.
   T. Hetherington, Parachute Regiment.
   F. French, Border Regiment.
   L. Ingham, Border Regiment.
   J. Williams, Royal Army Service Corps.
   H. Brown, Air Landing Light Regt. R.A.
   T. Gibbon, Parachute Regiment.
   G. Steel, Royal Signals.
   L. Allen, Parachute Regiment.
   J. Barnett, Parachute Regiment.
   M. Hutton, Parachute Regiment.
   S. Muir, Parachute Regiment.
   D. Ryan, Parachute Regiment.
---------------------------------------------------------
Right hand sheet
   T. Powell, Parachute Regiment.
   J. Ramshaw, Border Regiment.
   E. Gillespie, Parachute Regiment.
   J. Gelson, Air Landing Light Regt. R.A.
   T. Hubble, Parachute Regiment.
   J. Teasdale, Parachute Regiment.
   W. Beston, Border Regiment.
   A. Jackson, Parachute Regiment.
   H. Maddison, Parachute Regiment.
   V. Bates, Royal Military Police.
   J. (Taffy) Jones, Parachute Regiment.
   N.J. Cuthbertson, Parachute Regiment.
         Killed in Action, Afghanistan, 8th June 2008.
   S. Doran, Parachute Regiment.
   J. Hanlon, Parachute Regiment.
   G. Campbell, 6th Airbourne Armoured
         Rennaissance Regiment RAC.
   J. Hardy, Parachute Regiment.
   C. Tye, Parachute regiment.
   M.H. Haram, Parachute Regiment.
   A. Patton, R.E.M.E.
   G. Wilson, Parachute Regiment.
   A. Craggs, Parachute Regiment.
   G. Thompson, Parachute Regiment.
NamesS140.140

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