Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque Parish 1939-45 St. Cuthbert
Reference
A13.06
Place
AMBLE
Map ref
NU 265045
Original Location
Parish Church of St. Cuthbert, Church Street/Cross Street.
North wall.
North wall.
Which war
1939-45
Memorial Description
Plaque 46 inches high x 26 inches wide (1.16 m x 660 mm), with elaborate domed top, below which is carved a laurel wreath. The names are listed in three columns, the lettering is in elaborate capitals throughout.
Materials used
Portland stone
Inscription
To the / glory of God / and in memory of / the men of this parish / who gave their lives / in the World War / 1939-1945
Names
Cost
Estimated £75
How money was raised
Public subscription.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
G. Maile and Sons Ltd., Church Furnishers, 867 Euston Rd., London, NW1.
Notes
1. Faculty shows that originally the Binyon words “At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them” was to be below the names but this was removed from the application by agreement.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: P. Thirkell; Janet Brown
Diocese of Newcastle Faculty Book 2 , No. 1667, 28/9/1948
Diocese of Newcastle Faculty Book 2 , No. 1667, 28/9/1948
External web link
Research acknowledgements
The late David Wilkinson, East Coquet Local History Society; Janet Brown; P. Thirkell; P.Morrison; Patrick Easen
Research In Progress
See link above
Plaque Parish 1939-45 St. Cuthbert (A13.06)
AMBLE, St. Cuthbert's Church.
To the
glory of God
and in memory of
the men of this parish
who gave their lives
in the World War
1939-1945
Allan, W. Davison, F. Moffat, W.
Anderson, C.E. Dixon, R.A. Mossman, R.
Anderson, J.W. Doleman, J. Mossman, W.
Anderson, R.A. Douglas, W. Murray, J.B.
Armstrong, J. Earnshaw, G. Redpath, R.
Baston, B.A. English, R.F. Riddell, N.G.
Baxter, G.R.H. Forsyth, J. Rutherford, M.
Beal, H. Gardner, J. Ryan, J.
Bell, J. Glass, W. Scott, W.H.
Bolton, J.H. Gray, A.E. Shearer, A.L.P.
Brodie, W. Green, W.T. Smailes, G.
Brown, J. Hall, C. Stewart, J.G.
Brown, J. Hedley, W. Stone, N.
Brown, J. Henderson, G.M. Straffen, G.M.
Brown, J. Hewitson, R. Straffen, J.O.
Brown, J.S. Hultgren, C.M. Straker, C.
Chrisp, R.B. Hume, R.J. Surtees, A.
Coates, C. Hume, S. Tate, J.H.K.
Coulson, R. Johnson, J.G. Thompson, R.
Crackett, S. Kay, R.M. Wallace, J.
Cram, G.E. Lockey, S. White, G.
Darling, C. Miller, R.A. White, G.B.
Davis, T. Wills, W.J.
NamesA13.06
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Parish Notes
Every Name A Story
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