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Memorial
Choral music “Memorial for the Fallen and Lost 1914-1918”
Reference
A12.02
Place
ALWINTON
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
First performed in St.Michael and All Angels Parish Church on 2nd August 2014.
Memorial Description
“A work for choir, two soloists and percussion”.
Inscription
Memorial
For the Fallen and Lost, 1914-1918, remembering men of Upper Coquetdale who perished and whose bodies were never found, their names alone recorded on the Great War memorials.
Names
Who commissioned
Prof. John Casken
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Professor John Casken, Music Director of Coquetdale Chamber Choir.
Notes
1. This was performed by the Coquetdale Chamber Choir as part of the commemoration of the outbreak of the Great War.
2. “Memorial” is a tribute to the men from the Valley who fell during the War and were lost, those who perished and were never found, their names alone recorded on the many memorials of stone. The text alludes to WWI poetry, Remembrance Day prayers and cites the names of twelve men lost, and their ages. It incorporates fragments of a harrowing account of the battle of Mametz Wood written by Cpl. Briton Smallman of the Northumberland Fusiliers, two of whose relatives are today resident in Thropton and Harbottle. The text of Memorial expresses the sacrifice of war and the loss felt in the close communities of the Valley”. “The Valley Remembers”.
2. “Memorial” is a tribute to the men from the Valley who fell during the War and were lost, those who perished and were never found, their names alone recorded on the many memorials of stone. The text alludes to WWI poetry, Remembrance Day prayers and cites the names of twelve men lost, and their ages. It incorporates fragments of a harrowing account of the battle of Mametz Wood written by Cpl. Briton Smallman of the Northumberland Fusiliers, two of whose relatives are today resident in Thropton and Harbottle. The text of Memorial expresses the sacrifice of war and the loss felt in the close communities of the Valley”. “The Valley Remembers”.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
The Valley Remembers, Upper Coquetdale WWI Project; copyright A.F.C. Hunter.
Programme for concert on 2nd August 2014.
Programme for concert on 2nd August 2014.
Additional Research documents (click to download)
Research acknowledgements
John Casken; Air-Vice Marshall A.F.C. Hunter
Research In Progress
The names on this memorial are being researched by Freda Walker. Contact: FMW@FREKLAW.plus.com
Choral music “Memorial for the Fallen and Lost 1914-1918” (A12.02)
Joseph Edmondson, twenty-one
Henry George Clark, thirty-eight
Robert Gutherson, thirty-three
James Murphy, twenty-eight
Thomas Murray, thirty-one
James Robert Richardson, twenty
William John Harvey, twenty-one
Thomas Gregory, thirty-four
Thomas Murray Trotter, twenty-two
Robert William Renton, thirty
John Thomas Wintrip, thirty-five
Thomas Tate, twenty-two
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