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Plaque 1914-18 St. Cuthbert

Reference

B18.02

Place

BELLINGHAM

Map ref

NY 837832

Original Location

St. Cuthbert's Church, Centre of Village.
South wall of nave.

Which war

1914-18

Memorial Description

Plaque 86cm high x 71cm wide, on a black pattress. There is a wide patterned border of leaves, raised in casting on a black background. The words "Sacred to the memory of" and the Biblical quotation at the bottom are in Gothic upper and lower case lettering, the rest of the dedication at the bottom is in Roman capitals. The names are listed in three columns using sans serif capitals.

Materials used

Brass on marble base

Inscription

Sacred to the memory of / (Names) / belonging to this parish / who laid down their lives for / their country in the war / against Germany and her allies / 1914-1918.
"Their name liveth for evermore" Eccles. XLIV 14.

Names

33 names.
See transcript.

English Heritage Listing

In Grade I Listed Building

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photo: Tony Harding

Diocese of Newcastle Faculty Book 1, No. 780, NRO 1875.

Source of quotation
�Their name liveth for evermore� Apocrypha Ecclesiasticus 44

Research acknowledgements

Bellingham & N. Tyne Local History Society; Sally Bird; P. Thirkell; J. Brown; Tony Harding

Research In Progress

Alan Grint researched the names on this memorial in his book In Silent Fortitude: In Memory of the Men of the North Tyne Valley who Fell in the Great War; 2011; Ergo Press; ISBN 9780955751097:-Cogito books 01434 602555

Plaque 1914-18 St. Cuthbert (B18.02)

BELLINGHAM, St. Cuthbert's Church.

   Sacred to the memory of

   J. Stanley Allen     William Foreman      Archibald Rutherford

   George Armstrong     William Fox          W. Ninian Robson

   William Armstrong    Richard Glendinning  Thomas Spencer

   Edwin Armstrong      James Grieve         John Geo. Southern

   Andrew Bouas         Robert Hedley        Robert Storey

   James Brown          Ernest Johnson       Thomas W. Storey

   James R. Clapperton  Thomas Lauderdale    John Henry Temple

   Andrew Cowan         Matthew Martinson    Joseph Turnbull

   James Daley          Daniel McKie         John P. Waugh

   Paxton Dodd          Thomas Robson        Basil White

   John Fletcher        John Rae             Thomas Wright

   belonging to this parish

   who laid down their lives for

   their country in the war

   against Germany and her allies

   1914-1918.

   "Their name liveth for evermore"

                          Eccles. XLIV 14.

NameB18.02

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