Memorial Details
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Memorial
Lamp Bridge 1915 Toc H.
Reference
W101.13
Place
WESTOE
Map ref
NZ 364666
Original Location
8 Westoe Road, South Shields.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Dedicated 21st December 1924 by Rev. G.W. Evans, padre of the branch.
Memorial Description
Lamp of Maintenance.
The lamp is made like the lamps used by the early Christians in the Catacombs of Rome and bears the Latin inscription “In lumine tuo videbinus lumen” (“In Thy light shall we see light”).
It bears two crosses emblematic of Ypres.
The lamp is made like the lamps used by the early Christians in the Catacombs of Rome and bears the Latin inscription “In lumine tuo videbinus lumen” (“In Thy light shall we see light”).
It bears two crosses emblematic of Ypres.
Inscription
South Shields Branch / Bestowed Dec. 15th, 1924 /Arthur’s lamp /In memory of /Arthur Irwin Bridge /6th N.F. /Reported missing April 26th 1915.
Names
See above
Who commissioned
Mr. J. Bridge, borough treasurer, in memory of his son.
Notes
1. The lamp had been lit in London by the Prince of Wales the week before. Was this a duplicate sent to all branches of Toc H?
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
South Shields Gazette 22/12/1924 reports dedication
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Michael Mulhern
Research In Progress
The names on this memorial are being researched by Peter Hoy.
Contact: peterhoy@hotmail.co.uk
Lamp Bridge 1915 Toc H. (W101.13)
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