Memorial Details
Memorial
Roll of Honour 1914-18 League Of the Cross St. Joseph R.C.
Reference
B111.02
Place
BLAYDON
Original Location
St. Joseph's R.C. Church
Present Location
Unknown. This building was demolished.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Blessed on 12th November 1921 by Rev. F. Pippet, Rector of St. Joseph's, Blaydon.
Memorial Description
Roll of Honour, set on a frame with gabled top surmounted by a small crucifix. In the gabled panel is the name of the Church.
In the main panel, the words “Roll of Honour” are in a panel at the top. Ranged down each side and across the bottom are twelve circular frames carrying a photo of each of those who died. Those who served are listed in three columns on the main panel.
The words “The Great War 1914-1918” are carried along the bottom frame.
In the main panel, the words “Roll of Honour” are in a panel at the top. Ranged down each side and across the bottom are twelve circular frames carrying a photo of each of those who died. Those who served are listed in three columns on the main panel.
The words “The Great War 1914-1918” are carried along the bottom frame.
Materials used
Paper behind glass.
Inscription
St.Joseph’s / League of the Cross / Blaydon on Tyne.
Roll of Honour
The Great War 1914-1918
Roll of Honour
The Great War 1914-1918
Names
Who commissioned
St. Joseph's R.C.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Mawson, Swan & Morgan, at their works in Melbourne Street.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Shields Daily News 14/11/1921 reports the blessing ceremony
Illustrated Chronicle 17/05/1921 carries a photo shown here.
Blaydon Courier 19/11/1921 reports blessing ceremony.
Northern Echo 14/11/1921 reports unveiling.
Illustrated Chronicle 17/05/1921 carries a photo shown here.
Blaydon Courier 19/11/1921 reports blessing ceremony.
Northern Echo 14/11/1921 reports unveiling.
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
The late R.W. Gould; Ann Graham; Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
Winlaton Local History Society are researching the names on this memorial Contact:- Contact: winlatonhistorysociety@yahoo.com
Roll of Honour 1914-18 League Of the Cross St. Joseph R.C. (B111.02)
BLAYDON League of the Cross
These are the names of those who died.
Their pictures appear on the memorial,
but the order of these is not known.
The names were gleaned from a newspaper report.
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St. Joseph’s
League of the Cross
Blaydon on Tyne.
Roll of Honour.
George Allan, A.S.C.
George Atkinson, R.N.D.
William Burke, N.F. (Tyneside Scottish)
John Coogan, D.L.I.
James Duffy, D.L.I.
William Glennon, D.L.I.
James Kelly, D.L.I.
Charles Letoria, Sherwood Foresters
James Patterson N.F.
Frank Roberts, D.L.I.
Anthony Smith, R.N.D.
Philip Welsh, 10th Yorks.
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An attempt at transcribing the names on the photograph
is shown here. They are not clear from the press photograph,
and the regiments alongside the names cannot be read at all.
Thomas Allan James Duffy ?McGuinness, John
Allan, James Fancy, Thomas McGuinness, ?Norman
Allan, John Glennon, William Murphy, Hugh
Allan, George Gowans, Thomas Mullen ?D
Armstrong, Thomas ?Glenton, William Maquire, T.
Atkinson, George Graham, Joseph Noon, John
Boys, Joseph Hall, George O’Connor, John
Boyd, George Hayes, Michael O’Connor, Michael
Brown, John Henderson, Thomas O’Neill, A.
Burke, Michael Hornsby, Joseph O’Neill, J.
Burke, William Hamilton, George Patterson, James
Burke, James Hurst, Robert ?Peacy, Noah
Burke, Nicholas Jackson, John Quinn, James
Callaghan, Thomas ?Jenkins, James Robson, Leo.
Callaghan, Matt. Kelly, Thomas Richardson, J.W.
Co????, Edward Kelly, Terence ?Ruddy, Howard
Carr, Thomas Kelly, James Roberts, Frank
Convery, James Kelly, Thomas Smith, Anthony
Chambers, Sidney ?Kane, Thomas Swan, Thomas
?Conn, James Letoria, Charles Sowerby, John
?Caley, Patrick Lowe, Patrick Taylor, Edward
?G Peter Lavery, Joseph Taylor, Isaac
?C Laurence March, John Taylor, ?John
Devlin, Peter McBride, Richard Vetch, William
Devlin, Frank McLaughlin, Joseph Welsh, James
Devlin, William McLaughlin, Patrick Welsh, Joseph
Duffy, James McLaughlin, Frank Young, Thomas
Duffy, Matthew McLaughlin, William
Duffy, Nicholas ?Moll, Ernest
NamesB111.02
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