Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 St. Aidan R.C.
Reference
A17.28
Place
ASHINGTON
Map ref
NZ 269877
Original Location
St. Aidan’s Roman Catholic Church,
Station Road / Park Road.
Station Road / Park Road.
Present Location
Missing
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
?1925
Memorial Description
Plaque. There is a cross at centre top. with the words “Lest we forget” in Gothic below. Below this is the quotation from St. John’s Gospel in serif italics. The names are listed in three columns using serif lower case.
Materials used
Not known.
Inscription
“Lest We Forget” Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends (John xv.13).
The following parishioners of St. Aidan’s Parish and Old Boys of St. Aidan’s School lost their lives in the Great War
May their souls rest in peace.
The following parishioners of St. Aidan’s Parish and Old Boys of St. Aidan’s School lost their lives in the Great War
May their souls rest in peace.
Names
Present condition
Unknown.
Notes
1. Mr. Murphy has asked the Parish priest, Father Ian Jackson, to raise two matters with the Parish Council (a) the whereabouts of the original plaque and (b) the restoration of the plaque in the church, when found.
2. The book by Mr. Kirkup does not include Joseph Lazenby and it gives Tom Healey instead of Healy and Tom Miller as Millar. Confirmation of the correct names would be appreciated.
2. The book by Mr. Kirkup does not include Joseph Lazenby and it gives Tom Healey instead of Healy and Tom Miller as Millar. Confirmation of the correct names would be appreciated.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
St. Aidan’s Parish Magazine Vol.ll, No.3, August 1925
St Aidan's: an Ashington Millennium, Mike Kirkup, Newbiggin by the Sea, Woodhorn Press, 2000 ISBN 1 90283201 9, carries a list on pages 26-27 of those from the church killed in 1914-18, but there are differences. See Note 2 above.
Sources of quotations
“Lest we forget” Recessional Rudyard Kipling;
“Greater love hath no man than this . . . St.John 15 v 13;
“May their souls rest in peace” Mass for the Dead.
St Aidan's: an Ashington Millennium, Mike Kirkup, Newbiggin by the Sea, Woodhorn Press, 2000 ISBN 1 90283201 9, carries a list on pages 26-27 of those from the church killed in 1914-18, but there are differences. See Note 2 above.
Sources of quotations
“Lest we forget” Recessional Rudyard Kipling;
“Greater love hath no man than this . . . St.John 15 v 13;
“May their souls rest in peace” Mass for the Dead.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Michael Murphy; Tony Harding
Research In Progress
Alan Grint is researching the Names on this memorial.
Contact www.ashingtonmemorial.com
Ashington Memorial Group are researching the names on their local War Memorials Contact: margaretallison@hotmail.com
Ashington Memorial Group are researching the names on their local War Memorials Contact: margaretallison@hotmail.com
Plaque 1914-18 St. Aidan R.C. (A17.28)
ASHINGTON St. Aidan’s Roman Catholic Church
“Lest We Forget”
Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his
friends (John xv.13.
The following parishioners of St. Aidan’s Parish and Old Boys of St.
Aidan’s School lost their lives in the Great War:
Angus, John Green, Edward McGee, Luke
Anderson, John Gilroy, Daniel Mulrow, Thomas
Bell, Arthur Gallagher, Peter Millar, T.
Boon, James Gaffney, Wilfrid Mills, David
Boyle, John Gibson, William McCarroll, Joseph
Binns, George Gaffney, James W. Norton, Henry
Brotherton, James Haggerty, Frederick Rourke, John
Beattie, James Healy, Thomas Reilly, John
Boutland, John King, Michael Rodden, Thomas
Carroll, James Kelly, John Rodden, John
Cain, Frank Lang, Matthew Reilly, Owen
Cole, George H. Leonard, John Stoker, John
Cunningham. John Leech. Thomas Talbot, Michael
Deegan, Michael Lazenby, James Tanney, Daniel
Doyle, Peter Lazenby, Bernard Timlin, Michael
Goldsbury, Joseph Mole, Joseph Timlin, Thomas
Goldsbury, Hugh Morgan, William
Goldsbury, Charles McDonald, David
May their souls rest in peace.
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