Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque Pumphrey 1914 St. Peter
Reference
B114.02
Place
BYWELL
Map ref
NZ 049614
Original Location
St. Peter's Church, east wall of north transept.
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Plaque 15 inches high x 20 inches wide. There is a plain single-line border. At centre top is a cross incised and painted red. The lettering is in Roman capitals except for the top line, which is in Gothic script.
Materials used
Brass
Inscription
To the Glory of God and in Memory of
John Laurence Pumphrey
younger son of Joseph and Frances Pumphrey
of Hindley Hall, in this Parish
Trooper in the Northumberland Yeomanry
who died at Ypres in October 1914
of wounds received in action
on the 24th day of October, aged 23.
Names
See above
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Emley & Sons Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne.
Notes
1. PUMPHREY, John Laurence
B.A., Trooper, No. 2263, Northumberland Hussar, Imperial Yeomanry, youngest son of Joseph Pumphrey, of Hindley Hall, Stocksfield-on-Tyne, Colliery Owner, and his wife, Frances, daughter of Jonathan Priestman; born Shotley Bridge, co. Durham, 27 April, 1891; educated Sedburgh School and Trinity College, Oxford (graduated B.A. in 1914); volunteered and joined the Northumberland Hussars after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to Belgium with them in the 7th Division early in Oct. and died in hospital at Ypres, on the 25th of that month, of wounds received in action during the first Battle of Ypres the previous day; unmarried. The Hussars were dismounted and advancing to attack when he was shot through the head. Buried at Ypres Cemetery. His Major wrote: "He was one of the best and was enormously liked by officers and men alike. He always did his bit and a bit extra." While at Sedburgh he was head of the school, and in the O.T.C. both there and at Oxford, where he took a 3rd class degree in Moderates and a 3rd in Greats. He played Rugby for his College and was President of the College Athletics in 1913.
B.A., Trooper, No. 2263, Northumberland Hussar, Imperial Yeomanry, youngest son of Joseph Pumphrey, of Hindley Hall, Stocksfield-on-Tyne, Colliery Owner, and his wife, Frances, daughter of Jonathan Priestman; born Shotley Bridge, co. Durham, 27 April, 1891; educated Sedburgh School and Trinity College, Oxford (graduated B.A. in 1914); volunteered and joined the Northumberland Hussars after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to Belgium with them in the 7th Division early in Oct. and died in hospital at Ypres, on the 25th of that month, of wounds received in action during the first Battle of Ypres the previous day; unmarried. The Hussars were dismounted and advancing to attack when he was shot through the head. Buried at Ypres Cemetery. His Major wrote: "He was one of the best and was enormously liked by officers and men alike. He always did his bit and a bit extra." While at Sedburgh he was head of the school, and in the O.T.C. both there and at Oxford, where he took a 3rd class degree in Moderates and a 3rd in Greats. He played Rugby for his College and was President of the College Athletics in 1913.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: J. Brown; Paul Graham; P. Thirkell
de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour: part one, page 298 contains the information in Note 1 above.
de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour: part one, page 298 contains the information in Note 1 above.
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Research acknowledgements
Paul Graham (Prudhoe LHS); J. Brown; P. Thirkell; Tony Harding
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