Pieta 1914-18 Our Lady and St. Cuthbert R.C.

Church of Our Lady and St. Cuthbert, 64 Ravensdowne

1914-18

Unveiled 22nd March 1925 by Major Bruce E. Parkinson K.O.S.B.

Wood

A.M. + D.G.
Sweet Jesus have mercy on the souls
of those whose names are here inscribed
who gave their lives for their
God, their King and their Country
1914-1918
Greater love hath no man than this.

Pieta.

It rests on a wood plinth, which bears the dedication on the front.

Behind it is a shrine, with the names of the fallen listed in a single column on each side on a panel.

(The War Memorial which is about half way down the Chapel on the north side, is a very handsome shrine executed in oak. The base is a form of casket and placed on this is a statue representing the Virgin Mary supporting the spear marked body of Christ. The expression of the features bears out the beautiful theme of the mother of sorrow weeping over her son, a theme at once synonymous with those who have lost friends and relatives in the war. Behind the figures is a large panel tapering to form a portico at the top. On the wooden panel at each side of the figures of Christ and the Virgin are the names of those who fell in the war.)

1. The initials “A.M.D.G.” are short for the Latin for “To the greater glory of God”.

2. The Pieta no longer exists, but in the picture are two flanking panels bearing names. Is it possible that these panels were remade into the plaque now at the back of the church? See B25.31

Old postcard: F.A. Fletcher Collection

Berwick Advertiser
26/03/1925 reports unveiling with description above and list of names.
(Available on The British Newspaper Archive)

Source of quotation:
“Greater love hath no man . . .” St. John 15 v 13.

F.A. Fletcher

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